Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Acceleration due to gravity is different at different places on the surface of earth.
Statement II: Acceleration due to gravity increases as we go down up above the earth’s surface.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

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Both Statement I and Statement II are false

Both Statement I and Statement II are true.

Statement I is true but Statement II is false.

Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

answer is C.

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Statement I: True, it is maximum at poles and minimum at equator.
Statement II: False, $g^{1} = g (1 - \frac{2 h}{R}) .$ So, $g^{1}$ decreases as we go up above the earth’s surface.

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