Question

Assertion (A):
X offered to buy a book at ₹100 displayed in a shelf of a shop with a price tag of ₹100 but the book seller refused to sell it as he does not have another copy of it in his stock.
Reason (R):
A display of goods with prices marked thereon is only an invitation for offer and not an offer itself.

• A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
• B. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
• C. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
• D. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

Hint:

Logic Tip: Display of goods in shops is an invitation to offer, not a binding legal offer.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1:
Under the Indian Contract Act, display of goods with price tags in a shop is only an invitation to customers to make an offer.

Step 2:
When the customer offers to buy the product, it is merely an offer. The shopkeeper may accept or reject that offer.

Step 3:

• Assertion is correct because seller can refuse sale
• Reason is also correct because display is not a legal offer Further, the reason correctly explains the assertion.

Step 4:
Therefore: \[ \boxed{\text{Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) correctly explains (A)}} \] Hence, the correct answer is: \[ \boxed{\text{(1)}} \]