Question

STATEMENT-1: The stream of water flowing at high speed from a garden hose pipe tends to spread like a fountain when held vertically up, but tends to narrow down when held vertically down.
STATEMENT-2: In any steady flow of an incompressible fluid, the volume flow rate of the fluid remains constant.
A. both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason in the correct explanation of the Assertion.
B. both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.
C. Assertion is true but the Reason is false.
D. both Assertion and Reason are false.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - A
Here, both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion, because from equation of continuuity, `Av = a` constant or `A prop (1)/(v)`.