DIRECTION: In each of the following questions, a statement of Assertion is given followed by a

corresponding statement of Reason just below it. Of the statements, mark the correct
answer as
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false but reason is true
(e) Both Assertion and Reason are false

Question 1.
Assertion (A): Lencho wrote a letter to God asking for money and received it the next day.
Reason (R): The postman and the postmaster laughed at the letter and the man who wrote the letter and
send the money to make fun of him.

Question 2.
Assertion (A): Postmaster collected the money.
Reason (R): The postmaster didn’t want to shake Lencho’s faith

Question 1.
Assertion (A): Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa.
Reason (R): The ceremony saw the largest gathering of leaders from all around the world, present in
South Africa to bear witness to such an extraordinary event.

Question 2.
Assertion (A): Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa.
Reason (R): The ceremony saw the largest gathering of leaders from all around the world, present in
South Africa to bear witness to such an extraordinary event.

Question 1.
Assertion (A): The young seagull was alone on the ledge.
Reason (R): His family migrated to another continent.

Question 2.
Assertion (A): The author was flying his Dacota from England to France.
Reason (R): He wanted to be with his family.

Question 1.
Assertion- (A) The poet had been in the sorrowful and depressive mood in the poem ‘ Dust of Snow’.
Reason – (R) The poet had seen a crow on a hemlock tree.

Question 2.
Assertion- (A) The poet shake off his depressive thoughts, become cheerful and do something useful.
Reason – (R) a crow shakes down the dust of snow on the poet inspires and gives him the idea.

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Question 1.
Assertion- (A) The poet refers 'fire' and 'ice' in the poem to predict the end of the world.
Reason – (R) fire’ stands for greed, conflict, lust, cruelty and 'Ice' stands for insensitivity, coldness,
intolerance, indifference, rigidity and hatred

Question 2.
Assertion- (A) People say that the world will end in fire or in ice.
Reason – (R) -There is a debate that is going on about the end of the world.

Question 1.
Assertion- (A) The tiger does not ignore the visitors.
Reason – (R) He is happy. He expresses his happiness by a roar

Question 2.
Assertion- (A) In the forest, the tiger can enjoy complete freedom.
Reason – (R) He can not kill any animal.

Question 1.
Assertion- (A) We all should learn our responsibility and how to cope up with the loss.
Reason – (R) Like a statue, the boy keeps staring at the ball with his desperate eyes.

Question 2.
Assertion- (A) The poet offered the boy money to buy another ball
Reason – (R) “Money is external”

Answers

A Letter to God Dust of Snow

1. C) A is true, but R is false. 1. (B) Both A and R are true and R is the not the
2. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct correct explanation of A.
explanation of A. 2. (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A.
Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
1. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Fire and Ice
explanation of A. 1. (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
2. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
explanation of A 2. (B) Both A and R are true and R is the not the
correct explanation of A.
Two Stories about Flying
1. C) A is true, but R is false. A Tiger in the Zoo
2. D) A is false, but R is true. 1. (E) Both A and R is False
2. (C) A is true but R is False

The Ball Poem

1. (B) Both A and R are true and R is the not the
correct explanation of A
2. (D) A is false, but R is true.

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