100+ Verbal Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation - 1

Question: 1

In each of the questions given below, there are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : There is rainbow in the sky only after rains.
Reason (R) : Water drops suspended in the air break up sun’s rays into seven colours.

(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.

(E) Both A and R are false.

Ans: A

Water droplets act like prisms. Sun’s rays falling on water droplets suffer dispersion and produce a spectrum.

Question: 2

Assertion (A) : Land breeze blows during night.
Reason (R) : Land gets heated up quickly.

(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.

(E) Both A and R are false.

Ans: B

Land gets heated up quickly and also cools quicker than sea at night so that cool winds called the land breeze blow from land to sea.

Question: 3

Assertion (A): No food material normally enters the wind pipe during swallowing.
Reason (R) : When we swallow, the back portion of our tongue covers the opening of the wind pipe.

(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.

(E) Both A and R are false.

Ans: A

R explains A fully.

Question: 4

Assertion (A): River Narmada flows westward.
Reason (R) : Narmada falls into the Bay of Bengal.

(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.

(E) Both A and R are false.

Ans: C

River Narmada flows westward and drains into Arabian sea.

Question: 5

Assertion (A): When a body is dipped in a liquid fully or partially, there is a decrease in its weight.
Reason (R) : The decrease in weight is due to the higher density of the displaced liquid.

(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.

(E) Both A and R are false.

Ans: C

When a body is dipped in a liquid, there is a decrease in weight due to the upward thrust exerted on it by the water.

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