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Statement I : Many great rivers flow towards the equator. The sediments that that they carry increase the time of rotation of the earth about its own axis.
Statement II : The angular momentum of the earth about its rotation axis is conserved.

A

Statement I is true, statement II is true , statement II is a correct explanation for statement I.

B

Statement I is true, statement II is true , statement II is not a correct explanation for statement I.

C

Statement I is true, statement II is false.

D

Statement I is false, statement II is true.

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