Assertion and reason

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Reason

   It slowed word of the rising reaching Delhi and the wider administration.

   Verdict

   Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.

   Assertion

   Cutting the telegraph line was a deliberate act.

2. Reason

   Ordinary people of the town and surrounding villages joined the sepoys.

   Verdict

   Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.

   Assertion

   The revolt was more than an army mutiny.

3. Reason

   The sepoys reached the Red Fort on 11 May.

   Verdict

   The assertion is false and the reason is true.

   Assertion

   The rising began in Delhi.

Explanation