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Assertion: When an object is weighed with a physical balance, then its mass will be same both at the pole and at the equator.
Reason: When body is weighed with a spring balance, then its weight will be maximum at pole

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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 not a correct explanation for Assertion

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Assertion is True, Reason is False

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Assertion is False but Reason is True.

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