Multiple choice

Directions: There are two statements, one labeled the Assertion (A) and the other labeled the Reason (R). Examine the statements and decide if the Assertion A and Reason R are individually true and if so, whether the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answers to the question from the codes given below:

Assertion (A): Car drivers are advised to remain inside the car during a thunderstorm. Reason (R): During any chance of lightning striking on the car, the charge will remain on the car surface and pass on to the earth through the lowest metallic part of the car.

  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

  2. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A

  3. A is true but R is false

  4. A is false but R is true
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A car acts as a Faraday cage during a lightning strike. The charge stays on the outer surface of the metal body and conducts to the ground, protecting the occupants inside.

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