Directions : Each of these questions contain two statements, Assertion and Reason. Each of these...

Directions : Each of these questions contain two statements, Assertion and Reason. Each of these questions also has four alternative choices, only one of which is the correct answer. You have to select one of the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below.
(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.
Assertion: The average velocity of the object over an interval of time is either smaller than or equal to the average speed of the object over the same interval.

Reason: Velocity is a vector quantity and speed is a scalar quantity.