Monsoons and Climate in India

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Assertion (A) : Mawsynram is the wettest place in India.

Reason (R) : It receives heavy rainfall throughout the year

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A are R is true and R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false but R is true.

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A is true but R is false

Mawsynram is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in northeastern India, 65 kilometres from Shillong. Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres.Mawsynram features a subtropical highland climate with an extraordinarily showery and long monsoonal season and a short dry season.

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