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Assertion: If the initial and final positions coincide, the displacement is a null vector.
Reason: A physical quantity can not be called a vector, if its magnitude is zero.

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If both Assertion `&` Reason are True `&` the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.

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If both Assertion `&` Reason are True but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.

C

If Assertion is True but the Reason is False.

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If both Assertion `&` Reason are false.

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