Multiple choice

Assertion (A) : According to Durkheim, suicide rate is higher in highly industrialized societies. Reason (R) : There is no abnormal type of division of labour and anomie in such societies.

  1. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

  2. Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A

  3. A is true but R is false

  4. A is false but R is true

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Émile Durkheim argued in his sociological study on suicide that suicide rates are indeed higher in modern, highly industrialized societies due to phenomena like anomie and rapid social change. However, Reason (R) is false because such industrial societies often experience anomie and abnormal divisions of labor precisely due to rapid economic transformation, contradicting the claim that they do not exist.

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