Question

Directions: The following items consists of two statements; one labelled as 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below:

Codes :

Assertion (A) : Under-reamed piles are suitable for loose filled up sites and black-cotton soils.

Reason (R) : Black cotton soils have expansive montmorillonite clay minerals.

• 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 a correct explanation of A
• C. A is true but R is false
• D. A is false but R is true

Answer 1

The correct option is A both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A