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: In order to achieve the objective of social justice, Indian planners have emphasized on poverty alleviation policies and programmes. Reason: Initially, in India, poverty was considered a rural phenomenon. 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 correct but assertion itself is wrong
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Here, both Assertion and Reason are true, but the latter does not explain the former. Initially, in India, poverty was considered a rural phenomenon. Various land reforms were introduced to end the inequalities in land ownership.

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