Question 2 - Assertion Reasoning - Chapter 2 Class 10 Political Science - Federalism - Political Science

Assertion (A): When power is taken away from Central and State governments and given to local government, it is called decentralization.

Reason (R): The basic idea behind decentralization is that there are a large number of problems and issues which are best settled at the local level.

Answer:

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Decentralisation is the process of shifting power from one central group to several smaller groups . The basic idea is that certain problems can only be solved at the local level as they have a better idea of the problems which are faced by people at the local level.

Therefore,

• Assertion (A): When power is taken away from  Central and State governments and given to local  government, it is called decentralization. This is true .
•   Reasoning (R): The basic idea behind decentralization  is that there are a large number of problems and  issues which are best settled at the local level. This is true.
• So, both Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R) is true and Reasoning (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

Thus,

• Assertion is true .
• Reasoning is true.
• Reasoning is the correct explanation of Assertion.

So, the correct answer is (A)

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