A judo fighter in order to throw his opponent on the mat tries to initially bend his opponent and then rotate him around his hip.
As the mass of the opponent is brought closer to the fighter's hip, the force required to throw the opponent is reduced.

Options

A. If both Assertion & Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
B. if both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct expalanation of the assertion
C. if assertion is true , but reason is false
D. both assertion and reason are false statements.

Answer

A

Explanation

Rotation of the opponent makes it difficult for the person rotated to resist. Any given by a force by pushing the person about an axis will be resisted but not the torque by rotation. By bringing him close to the hip, the opponents moment of inertia is reduced.