2025Q3(i)Climate

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Assertion(A): Mumbai receives more rainfall than Pune. Reason(R): Mumbai gets rain from Arabian Sea branch of southwest monsoon.

Topic: Rainfall distribution

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).(A) is true and (R) is false.(A) is false and (R) is true.

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Exam answer

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A)..

Explanation

Mumbai lies on the windward side of the Western Ghats, facing the Arabian Sea branch of the monsoon; Pune sits on the leeward side and so gets far less rain — the reason correctly explains the assertion.

In words

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A)..

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