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Assertion : For higher temperature, the peak emission wavelength of a black body shifts to lower wavelengths.
Reason : Peak emission wavelength of a black body is proportional to the fourth power of temperature.

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

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

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If assertion is true reason is false

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If the assertion and reason both are false.

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