Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Statement I:In a reference written in APA style, the first name of an author is written first

Statement II:In a reference written in APA style, the year of publication is written after the page number

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false ✓ Correct

CStatement I is true but Statement II is false

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are false

Explanation

Both statements are false, since APA writes the author's surname first and the year right after the author.

In APA an author appears as surname followed by initials, so the first name does not come first.

The year of publication in APA is placed in parentheses immediately after the author, not after the page number.

The page number appears last in a reference, only when a specific portion is cited.

The APA order is author, year, title, then source and pages.

APA is an author-date style, which is why the year sits near the front.

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