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Exam Year: 2002

  • Assertion (A) : An iron ball floats on mercury but gets immersed in water. Reason (R) : The specific gravity of iron is more than that of mercury.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

  • Assertion (A) : The surface winds spiral inwards upon the centre of the cyclone. Reason (R) : Air descends in the centre of the cyclone.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Assertion (A) : Human diet should compulsorily contain Glycrine, Serine and Tyrosin. Reason (R) : Essential amino acids cannot be synthesised in the human body.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

  • Assertion (A) : Artificial satellites are always launched from the earth in the eastward direction. Reason (R) : The earth rotates from west to east and so the satellite attains the escape velocity.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Assertion (A) : 60°-65° latitudes in both the hemispheres have a low pressure belt instead of high pressure. Reason (R) : The low pressure areas are permanent over oceans rather than on land.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

  • Assertion (A) : Synthetic detergents can lather well in hard water. Reason (R) : Synthetic detergents form soluble calcium and magnesium salts with hard water.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

  • Assertion (A) : With the increase of temperature, the viscosity of glycerine increases. Reason (R) : Rise of temperature increases kinetic energy of molecules.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

  • Assertion (A) : The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930 s was weak. Reason (R) : The labour leaders considered the ideology of Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Assertion (A) : Muhammad bin Tughlaq left Delhi, and, for two years lived in a camp called Swarga-dwari. Reason (R) : At that time, Delhi was ravaged by a form of plague and many people died.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Assertion (A) : Drinking of whisky increases the frequency of urination. Reason (R) : Alcohol intake speeds up the secretion of vasopressin in the body.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer: