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Assertion : Diamond glitters brilliantly.
Reason : Diamond does not absorb sunlight.

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If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

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If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

C

If assertion is true but reason is false

D

If both assertion and reason are false

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B
Diamond glitters brillinatly because light enters in dimaond suffers total internal reflection. All the light entering in it comes out of diamond after number of reflections and no light is absorb by it.
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