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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'

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Assertion is True, Reason is True, Reason is a correct explanation for Assertion

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Assertion is True, Reason is True, Reason is no a correct explanation for Assertion

C

Assertion is True, Reason is False

D

Assertion is False but Reason is True

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