Question 2 - Assertion Reasoning - Chapter 5 Class 9 History - Pastoralists in the Modern World - History

Assertion (A): To colonial officials, all uncultivated land appeared to be productive.

Reasoning (R): Some forests which produced commercially valuable timber like Deodar or Sal were declared ‘Reserved’.

Answer:

So, the correct option is (d) - (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

Explanation

• Assertion (A): To colonial officials, all uncultivated land appeared to be “unproductive” . So, assertion (A) is wrong.
  
  
• Reason (R): Some forests which produced commercially valuable timber like Deodar or Sal were declared ‘Reserved’ which is a correct statement. Thus, Reasoning (R) is correct .

Thus

• The assertion is false.
• The reasoning is true.

So the correct answer is (d).