Assertion :In high latitudes one sees colourful curtains of light hanging down from high altitudes. Reason: The high energy charged particles from the sun are deflected to polar regions by the magnetic field of the earth.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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D
Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct
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Solution
The correct option is A Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion The high energy charged particles from the sun (cosmic rays) collides with atoms & molecules of air when they enter in earth's atmosphere, causing that air to emit light. This light forms the aurora a curtain of light that hangs down to an altitude of about 100 km. Charged moving particle towards earth are caught by and spiral around the magnetic field lines of earth's magnetic field, entering the terrestrial atmosphere at high latitudes and producing aurora within the oval.