Assertion (A): To float, body must displace liquid whose weight is equal to the actual weight.

Question

Assertion and Reason.

Mark the correct answer is

(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. 

(b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. 

(c ) If assertion is true but reason is false. 

(d) If assertion is false but reason is true.

1. Assertion (A): To float, body must displace liquid whose weight is equal to the actual weight. 

Reason (R): The body will experience no net downward force in that case.

2. Assertion (A): Pascal’s law is the working principle of a hydraulic lift. 

Reason (R): Pressure is thrust per unit area.

Answer 1

1. (a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

2. (b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.