Assertion: River Narmada flows in the opposite direction of river Krishna.
Reason: River Narmada and river Tapi fall into the Gulf of Khambhat.
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Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → If both 'A' and 'R' are true and 'R' is not the correct explanation of 'A'
Assertion (A): River Narmada flows in the opposite direction of river Krishna. True. The Narmada flows westward into the Arabian Sea, while the Krishna, like most rivers of the peninsula, flows eastward into the Bay of Bengal.
Reason (R): River Narmada and river Tapi fall into the Gulf of Khambhat. True. The Narmada enters the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay) below Bharuch, and the Tapi reaches the sea near Surat at the mouth of the same gulf.
Does R explain A? No. R only says where the two rivers end. The Narmada flows west because it runs through a rift valley between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges, which slopes to the west; the Krishna follows the general eastward slope of the Deccan plateau.