WBCS.LIVE practice question

Assertion (A) The ships of iron and the boats of wood float in water but the nails iron sink. Reason (R) The special design and shape of the ship and the boat through which weight of displaced water are more than the weight of the ship and boat, due to which more force of buoyancy becomes operative and the ships or boats floats. But the weight of the water displaced by the nails is less than the weight of nails that is why nails sink.

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
  2. If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
  3. Assertion is true but Reason is false.
  4. If both Assertion is false but Reason is true.

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.