Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of two statements, one labelled as 'Assertion' and the other labelled as 'Reason'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion and the Reason are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is correct explanation of the Assertion.

Assertion: A comparison of productivity levels in Indian agriculture with the levels in other countries shows that India lags far behind. Reason: The productivity of Indian land is much poor.Select your answer to this question using the codes given below. Select your answer to this question using the codes given below.

  1. If both assertion and reason are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation for statement 1

  2. If both assertion and reason are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation for statement 1

  3. If assertion is true but reason is wrong

  4. If reason is correct but assertion itself is wrong
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Both the statements are true, but reason does not click the logic behind the assertion. The correct reason is poor productivity of labour. A student must acknowledge the fact that though the use of fertilizers, etc., has led to an increase in productivity of Indian land yet the productivity of land is much poor than that of China, USA, etc. due to their use of better land management practices.

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