Assertion (A): India is bounded by the young fold mountains in the northwest, north, and northeast.

Reason (R): South of about 20° north latitude.

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true and but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is correct but (R) is wrong.

(A) is wrong but (R) is correct

answer is A.

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The Himalayas and the new fold mountains in India's northwest, north, and northeast define its borders. When India reaches the Indian Ocean south of 20 ° north latitude, it is split into two seas: the Arabian Ocean on the west and the Bay of Bengal on the east. India's northern boundary is framed by the geologically young fold mountains known as the Himalayas. India's northern boundaries are bordered by the Himalayas, a range of young geologically folded mountains. From the Indus to the Brahmaputra, these mountain ranges extend west-to-east orientation. The Himalayas are the tallest and one of the roughest mountain ranges in the world. The Himalayan range is the world's tallest and roughest mountain range.
Most of them are made up of elevated sedimentary. Therefore, both assertion and reason are true and but the reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

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