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Question
Give a scientific reason for the following:
On a hot sunny day, it is advisable to wear light coloured clothes.
Solution
People wear light colured clothes in winter because these clothes reflect most of the sun's radiations and absorb only a little of them. Therefore, they keep themselves cool.
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