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Assertion :Air is a bad conductor of heat. Reason: It's molecules are in continuous contact with each other.

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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The correct option is C Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
Correct reason is that air is a gas and its molecules are far apart from each other. So, this is not a good condition for conduction. Also air being a non metal, doesn't have free electrons for conduction.

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