Question

The questions in this segments consists of two statements, one labelled as “Assertion A”
and the other labelled as “Reason R” You are to examine these two statements carefully
and decide if the Assertion A and Reason R are individually true and if so whether the
reason is a correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answers to these items using
codes give below.
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Assertion (A):Temperature is a measure of degree of hotness of our body.
Reason (R) : We use clinical thermometer to measure the degree of hotness of our body.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer for this Assertion & Reason question is (b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

This is because temperature is a measure of degree of hotness of our body but the Reason is not the correct explanation.

If the Assertion and Reason were reversed, only than the answer would be (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.