Get An Astrologer’s Day Assertion Reason questions for West Bengal state board class 11 semester 1. We have also uploaded answer key.
(1) assertion (a):- The astrologer’s eyes sparkled with a sharp abnormal gleam.
reason (r):- It was an outcome of prophetic ability.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(2) assertion (a):- He wound a saffron colored turban around his head.
reason (r):- It was necessary to look traditional.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(3) assertion (a):- He sat under a tamarind tree which flanked a path running through the Town Hall Park.
reason (r):- There was a crowd always moving up and down this narrow road morning till night.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(4) assertion (a):- The place was lit up by the shop lights.
reason (r):- The place did not have the benefit of municipal lighting.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(5) assertion (a):- The vendor next to the astrologer gave different fancy names to his ware each day.
reason (r):- It was an effective way of marketing.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(6) assertion (a):- The astrologer did not have a light of his own.
reason (r):- He was as much a stranger to the stars as were his innocent customers.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(7) assertion (a):- The astrologer would have carried on the work of farming if he had not left his village.
reason (r):- It was their ancestral work.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(8) assertion (a):- He did analysis of mankind’s troubles like marriage, money and tangles of human ties.
reason (r):- He had proper knowledge of astrology.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(9) assertion (a):- A considerable portion of crowd dallied before the astrologer.
reason (r):- He managed to please and astonish everyone.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(10) assertion (a):- Within five minutes of conversation he understood what was wrong.
reason (r):- Long practice had sharpened his perception.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(11) assertion (a):- The astrologer told all his customers that they had an impetuous nature and a rough exterior.
reason (r):- Most of the persons love to think that they have a forbidding exterior.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(12) assertion (a):- When the nut-vendor rose to go home, it was a signal for the astrologer to bundle up too.
reason (r):- They belonged to the same area and went home together.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(13) assertion (a):- The astrologer felt uncomfortable after deciding to read the palm of the stranger.
reason (r):- He was not used to such challenges.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(14) assertion (a):- The astrologer never opened his mouth till the other had spoken for at least ten minutes.
reason (r):- He charged three price per question.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(15) assertion (a):- The stranger bared his chest to show the scar.
reason (r):- The astrologer regarded it correctly.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(16) assertion (a):- The stranger became overwhelmed by enthusiasm.
reason (r):- All the past incidents told by the astrologer were true.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(17) assertion (a):- The stranger looked gratified.
reason (r):- The astrologer advised him to take the next train and return to his village.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(18) assertion (a):- The wife of the astrologer was overjoyed.
reason (r):- It was nearly midnight when the astrologer reached home.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(19) assertion (a):- The astrologer ran away from home and settled in a place far away from his village.
reason (r):- He thought that he had the blood of a man on his hands.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
(20) assertion (a):- The astrologer tried to kill that stranger long time ago.
reason (r):- They drank, gambled and quarreled badly.
(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 the correct explanation of a.
(c) a is true but r is false.
(d) a is false but r is true.
Answers Key
1 – c, 2 – c, 3 – a, 4 – a, 5 – a, 6 – b, 7 – a, 8 – c, 9 – a, 10 – a, 11 – a, 12 – c, 13 – c, 14 – b, 15 – a, 16 – a, 17 – b, 18 – b, 19 – a, 20 – a.