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  4. Assertion Maximum height of a mountain on earth is ∼ 10 km. Reason A mountain base is not under uniform compression and provides some shearing stress to rock under which it can flow.

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Q. Assertion Maximum height of a mountain on earth is $\sim 10 \,km$.
Reason A mountain base is not under uniform compression and provides some shearing stress to rock under which it can flow.

Mechanical Properties of Solids

Solution:

The maximum height of a mountain on earth is $\sim 10\, km$.
As a mountain base is not under uniform compression and this provides some shearing stress to the rocks under which they can flow.
Thus, mathematically, it has been calculated that under the elastic limit, maximum height of a mountain is $\sim 10\, km$.
Therefore, Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.