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.

Question

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. (A) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion. (B) Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion. (C) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect. (D) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

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.

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

Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.

Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.

Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.

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.