Is it true that umbral cone formed during the solar eclipse is bigger than the umbral cone formed during the lunar eclipse?

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Detailed Solution

The above statement is False.
Umbra is known as the region of total darkness, and no ray enters this region. It was observed that the umbral cone formed during the solar eclipse is smaller than the umbral cone formed during the lunar eclipse because of which the solar eclipse occurs partially as the shadow of the moon is very small, due to which the earth passes out of the shadow region, umbra.
The correct statement would be during an eclipse two shadows are cast. The first is called the umbra. This shadow gets smaller as it goes away from the sun. It is the dark centre of the eclipse shadow.

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