Discussion
Consider the two given statements (A) and (R) and choose the appropriate option :
(A) : Those places West of Greenwich will be behind of Greenwich time.
(R) : The Earth rotates from east to west and sun rises early in eastern side.
Answer: C
The answer is (A) is true and (R) is false.
The assertion is true. Places west of Greenwich see the Sun rise later, so their local time is behind Greenwich time, by four minutes for every degree of longitude.
The reason is false. The Earth rotates from west to east, which is why the Sun appears to rise in the east and why places to the east get sunrise earlier. Because of this west-to-east rotation, places east of Greenwich are ahead of it and places west are behind. The reason gets the direction of rotation wrong, so it cannot explain the assertion.
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