tackling assertion and reason questions in aiims

friends, it's december 26 and as promised we are about to discuss TACKLING ASSERTION AND REASON TYPE QUESTIONS IN AIIMS

though considered the biggest hurdle for aiims, a/r questions are not so difficult as you may think of them. a/r are just different and so require a different strategy. a/r questions check the depth of your concepts.
in these questions, first a statement is put forward, known as ASSERTION and then a second statement is made to be related with assertion and known as REASON

there are four options given:
a) both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true and R is false
d) both A and R are false

strategy:
just follow the following steps (in correct sequence) to make sure that you answer a/r correctly

1. read A very carefully- if you know the concept then good, if you don't know the concept being talked about in A then leave the question for time being and move to next question (time is precious)
2. if you know the concept on which A is based, decide whether A is true or false
3. if A is true-read the R; if A is false- the answer is (d)
4. if A is true, read R very carefully: if you know the topic- very good, if you don't mark the question as * and return to it in the end of the paper
5. if you know the topic of R, decide whether it is true or false
6. if R is true- try relate it with A; if R is false- the answer is (c)
7. if R is true try to relate it with A by using- because, therefore and since- if you can relate them to form a correct statement- answer is (a)
8. if you are not able to relate- answer is (b)
9. be very careful between (a) and (b); most students make the mistake here

preparations:
read your textbooks very carefully- every line- during your preparations. mark keywords like- because, since and therefore- wherever you find them as questions are based around these keywords
practise as many a/r as you can. for this purpose , i am starting a 90 day series; starting today! in this series, you are going to get selected a/r questions from every topic and all three subjects. there will be 15 a/r per day and 5 per subject thus totalling for 1350 a/r for whole 90 day series.
as you can see, even by practising for 15 minutes per day, you are getting ample practice of a/r in all subjects. this is how toppers prepare- small, consistent efforts

every day a post will be published under the tag- assertion and reason- containing 15 questions; 5 each in physics, chemistry and biology. the detailed solution(containing thought process) will be published next day along with next 15 a/r questions and this will go on for 90 days

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