Question

Statement-1 : The centre of mass of a body may lie where there is no mass.
Statement-2 : The centre of mass has nothing to do with the mass.
A. Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true ,
Statement-2 is correct explanation of Statement-1.
B. Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true but Statement-2 is not correct explanation of Statement-1.
C. Statement-1 is true, but statement-2 is false.
D. Statement-1 is false, but statement-2 is true.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - C
Statement-1 is true, but the statement-2 is not true. Inface, the centre of mass is related to the distribution of mass of the body.

Answer 2

Option A

Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

Both the Assertion and reason statements are correct and reason explains the assertion very well.

For example : Center of mass of the ring lies at its geometric centre where even there is no mass of any part of ring.