Question 2 - Assertion Reasoning - Chapter 1 Class 9 Economics - The Story of Village Palampur - Economics

In the question given below, there are two statements  marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the  statements and choose the correct option: 

Assertion (A): 75 per cent of the people who are  working are dependent on farming for their  livelihood.  

Reason (R): Farming is the main production  activity in Palampur. 

 Options are:  

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct  explanation of (A).  

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the  correct explanation of (A).  

(c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.  

(d) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.  

Answer:

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So, the correct answer is (a)

Explanation:

• Farming is the main production activity in Palampur.
• 75 percent of the people who are working are dependent on farming for their livelihood.
• The land area under cultivation is practically fixed.
• There exists no further scope to increase farm production by bringing new land under cultivation.

Let’s check

• Assertion (A):  75 percent of the people who are working are dependent on farming for their livelihood. This is true.
• Reason (R): Farming is the main production activity in Palampur. This is true.
• Since farming is the main production activity in Palampur, so a majority of people depend on farming for their livelihood. Thus, Reasoning is a correct explanation for Assertion.

So, 

• Assertion is true
• Reasoning is true
• Reasoning is the correct explanation to the assertion

Thus, the correct answer is (a).

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