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Assertion (A): The entropy change between two states can be computed along a reversible path even when the actual process was irreversible.
Reason (R): Entropy is a state function, so its change depends only on the end states.

  • A.A is true but R is false
  • B.A is false but R is true
  • C.Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  • D.Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

Answer: C

Both are true and the reason gives the licence: the irreversible path itself gives no usable integral, so a convenient reversible path is invented purely to evaluate the difference. The generated entropy is then found from the balance instead.

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