Question 1

Assertion (A): Mr. Modi became the prime minister of the country. Reason (R): Mr. Modi was the leader of a national party.

Accepted Answer

The prime minister needs to be elected by the members of the Parliament.

Question 2

Assertion (A): The government provides food grains to the poor at a very low price. Reason (R): The poor cast their vote in large numbers in the elections.

Accepted Answer

The fact that only the poor voting in large numbers cannot be established.

Question 3

Assertion (A) : The country's exports became very attractive in terms of price to importers. Reason (R): The currency of the country was devalued.

Accepted Answer

Devaluation of a country's currency with respect to that of other countries makes its goods cheaper to other countries.

Question 4

Assertion (A): Pakistan's national cricket team did not participate in the tournament. Reason (R): Pakistan does not have enough cricket players.

Accepted Answer

If a team is there, it will have enough players.

Question 5

Assertion (A): Rajeev has to work really hard to get a job after his graduation. Reason (R): There is a lot of competition for jobs.

Accepted Answer

Hard work after graduation indicates availability of fewer job and higher competition.

Question 6

Assertion (A): The Eatlo Restaurant is always filled to capacity. Reason (R): The Eatlo Restaurant serves food at a very low price.

Accepted Answer

Both may be true, but low price is not reason enough - tasty would be a better reason. Not all restaurants serving food at a low price would be full, but those serving tasty food must be full.

Question 7

Assertion (A): In December, Britain has winter while Australia has summer. Reason (R): Australia is located in the Southern Hemi-sphere.

Accepted Answer

In December, the Sun shines directly over the southern hemisphere making the south warm and the north cold.

Question 8

Assertion (A): Common salt readily adsorbs moisture from the atmosphere. Reason (R): Salts are hydrophobic.

Accepted Answer

Salt is hydrophilic and attracts water.

Question 9

Assertion (A): Our Constitution grants equal voting rights to all citizens. Reason (R): In our Freedom Movement, all the people participated equally.

Accepted Answer

The correct reason is that the Constitution does not discriminate between citizens of the country.

Question 10

Assertion (A): Customer is king. Reason (R): Customers are loyal.

Accepted Answer

A customer may or may not be loyal

Question 11

Assertion (A): There are no medicines to cure the common cold. Reason (R): Over time, disease-causing bacteria and virus become drug resistant.

Accepted Answer

The correct reason is that there is still no medicine that counters that cold causing virus.

Question 12

Assertion (A): Large commercial vehicles passing through a city cause pollution and are required to pay entry tax. Reason (R): Money is needed to clean the environment.

Accepted Answer

Money is levied to discourage commercial vehicles to enter the city .

Question 13

Assertion (A): Mars is very close to the Sun. Reason (R): Smaller planets revolve closer to the Sun.

Accepted Answer

Both are factually wrong. Mars is farther from the Sun than the Earth and is also smaller than the Earth and is also smaller than Earth.

Question 14

Assertion (A): Cacti are fleshy plants and have small leaves. Reason (R): Deserts witness sporadic

Accepted Answer

Because of the sporadic rains, the cacti conserve water.

Question 15

Assertion (A): Per hectare yields of most crops in India is very low, compared to that of many other countries. Reason (R): Most of the farmers in India are illiterate.

Accepted Answer

The yield is low because of many reasons such as old agriculture technique, absence of good quality inputs and so on.

Question 16

Assertion (A): e-commerce in India is growing at a rapid pace. Reason (R): India has a large number of young entrepreneurs with education from premier educational institutes.

Accepted Answer

Young entrepreneurs can take up any business but they will adopt e-commerce because it has high demand .

Question 17

Assertion (A): Alok bought a big car and will need a lot of petrol to run. Reason (R): All cars need petrol to run.

Accepted Answer

The reason is factually incorrect.

Question 18

Assertion (A): Bread which develops mould on it has to be thrown away. Reason (R): All moulds are poisonous.

Accepted Answer

Not all moulds are poisonous.

Question 19

Assertion (A): People are scared of snakes and whenever they see any snake, they kill it . Reason (R): All snakes are poisonous and can kill a person by injecting its poison by its fangs.

Accepted Answer

Although most people think all snakes are poisonous, it is untrue.

Question 20

Assertion (A): The average temperature of the Earth has been rising. Reason (R): The greenhouse effect traps the Sun's heat within the Earth's atmosphere.

Accepted Answer

The reason is an important factor for the Earth's warming.

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