Q1. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labeled as Reason R
Assertion A: Celebrity endorsements add to the brand value and sale of the products.
Reason R: Most celebrity are rich enough to afford the best technology and products in any given
category.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given
below:
A. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
B. Both A and R are correct and R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C. A is correct but R is incorrect
D. A is incorrect but R is correct.
EXPLANATION
Answer: B
Explanation:
Assertion A
Celebrity endorsement is a form of advertising campaign or marketing strategy which uses a celebrity’s
fame or social status to promote a product, brand or service, or to raise awareness about an
issue. Marketers use celebrity endorsers in hopes that the positive image of the celebrity endorser will be
passed on to the product’s or brand’s image.
Thus this is an correct Assertion.
Reason R
Most celebrities are highly famous and rich people. This fame and money enables them to enjoy various
luxuries of life. Thus, this is a correct statement.
Although R is a correct statement, it cannot be the correct reason for the given assertion as brands ask
celebrities to endorse their products because of the influence that celebrities have over the people and not
because of their lifestyle
Q2. “Gandhi’s greatest challenge was post-truth. The Indian social universe was overflowing with ways of living established by the powerful that inevitably oppressed the powerless. In order to tackle this inequality, Gandhi changed the understanding of truth that the powerful had inherited and internalized. He dislodged truth from its long-held. theological location of an ultimate divine compassion. Only goodness mattered. If that quality could be inculcated, truth would take care of itself.”
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: Gandhi, in his experiment with truth, dislodged truth as all ultimate divine revelation.
Reason R: He holds that truth can be substituted with goodness, and people can manage. without
truth.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given
below
A Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
B Both A and R are, correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C A is correct but R is not correct.
D A is not correct but R is correct.
EXPLANATION
Answer: C
Explanation:
“Gandhi changed the understanding of truth that the powerful had inherited and internalized. He dislodged truth from its long-held. theological location of an ultimate divine compassion”
From the above excerpt, it can be understood that Gandhi dislodged truth as all ultimate divine revelation. Thus, assertion A is correct.
“Only goodness mattered. If that quality could be inculcated, truth would take care of itself. “
In the above excerpt, although it is mentioned that the quality that Gandhi considered superior is goodness, it is nowhere mentioned that truth can be replaced by goodness, and people can manage without truth.
Gandhi considered truth as a byproduct of goodness, rather than a substitute.
The correct option is C.
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