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Assertion : An astronaut in an orbiting space station above the earth experience weightlessness.
Reason : An object moving around the earth under the infuence of earth's gravitational force is in a state of 'free fall'

A

If both Assertion and 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 a correct explanation of the Asseration.

C

If Assertion is true but the Reason is false.

D

If both Assertion and Reason are false.

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Here both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
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