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Directions : For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative 

Assertion(A) :  Bangladesh imports jute from India. 

Reason (R)   :  Bangladesh has most of the jute mills. 

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false. D) Both A and R are false.

Answer:   D) Both A and R are false.



Explanation:

When Bangladesh was created after partition of India, the areas of jute production went to Bangladesh while the jute mills were left in India. So, India imports raw jute from Bangladesh. 

Subject: Assertion and Reason - Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability
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Answer & Explanation Answer: D) R correctly explains A

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The seals found at Indus valley sites gave evidance of overseas trade, which was possible only with the knowledge of art of navigation.
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Answer & Explanation Answer: A) R correctly explains A

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The problem of pumping out water from the flooded mines provided the need of self-working engine, which led James Watt to invent the same.
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Assertion(A) : The pouring of kerosene oil on stagnant pools helps to eradicate malaria.
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The kerosene oil sprayed on the water provodes a thin cating and the larvae of the mosquitoes are prevented from coming up to breathe. Thus, they die.
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A) R correctly explains A B) R is true but A is fale
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Explanation:

Most Himalayan rivers are perennial because they are fed by the melting snow throughout the year.
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Reason (R)     :  No other material except snow is available. 

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
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Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A is true but R is false.

Explanation:

Eskimos live in snow houses called igloos because snow, being a bad conductor of heat, these houses are warm inside. 

 

 

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Directions : For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative 

Assertion (A)  :  Pluto is the coldest planet 

Reason (R)     :  It receives slanting rays of- the sun. 

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true but 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 & Explanation Answer: C) A is true but R is false.

Explanation:

Pluto, being farthest from the sun, hardly gets the sun's rays. So, Pluto is the coldest planet. 

 

 

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