| Directions : Read the following statements: Assertion [A] and Reason [R].Choose one of the correct alternative. |
| Assertion (A): India's economy under the British colonial rule remained fundamentally agrarian. However, despite being the occupation of about 85% of the country's population, the agricultural sector continued to experience stagnation and deterioration. |
| Reason (R): Lack of govt. initiative to develop means of irrigation, production of cash crops, exploitation of tillers of the soil by extraction of high land revenue by Zamindars, adverse impact of partition at the time of independence affected Indian agriculture on the eve of independence. |
A) Both Assertion [A] and Reason [R] are true and Reason [R] is the correct explanation of Assertion [A].
B) Both Assertion [A] and Reason [R] are true but Reason [R] is not the correct explanation of Assertion [A].
C) Assertion [A] is true but Reason [R] is false.
D) Assertion [A] is false but Reason [R] is true.
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
[a] Both Assertion [A] and Reason [R] are true and Reason [R] is the correct explanation of Assertion [A].
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