Question

Assertion: Wet air is heavier than dry air.
Reason: The density of dry air is more than density of water.

• A. If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion.
• B. If both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion.
• C. If the assertion is true, but reason is false.
• D. If both the assertion and reason are false.
• E. If the assertion is false, but the reason is true.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

If the assertion is true, but reason is false.

Wet air is heavier than dry air because wet air contains water droplets in form of moisture so its density increases than that of dry air which is free from moisture.