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Assertion: At great heights from the surface of earth, ionisation of air is less
Reason: Ionisation of air depends on the distance of respective layer from the Sun

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Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
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Assertion and reason are true but reason is not correct explanation of assertion
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Assertion is true but reason is false
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Assertion is false but Reason is true
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The correct option is A Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
The degree of ionisation varies with theheight. The density of atmosphere decreases with height. At great heightsthe solar radiation is intense but there are few molecules to be ionised. Close to the earth, even though the molecular concentration is very high, the radiation intensity is low so that the ionisation is again low.

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