Geography · Climatology
Assertion (A): During the night, high-frequency radio waves are not transmitted over very long distances via skywave propagation as efficiently as during the day. Reason (R): At night, the lower ionospheric layers (D and E layers) disappear, leaving the base of the effective ionosphere at a higher elevation from the Earth's surface. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
- 2Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
- 3(A) is true but (R) is false
- 4(A) is false but (R) is true✓
Correct answer
(A) is false but (R) is true
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