Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Geographical Perspective on selected issues and Problems

Question:

Assertion: Solid wastes cause frequent nuisance.
Reasoning: These wastes, as and when are carelessly handled, spread by wind and splittered through rainwater.

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is correct but Reasoning (R) is incorrect.

Assertion (A) is incorrect but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Correct Answer:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

Solid wastes cause health hazards through the creation of obnoxious smells and harbouring of flies and rodents, which act as carriers of diseases like typhoid, diphtheria, diarrhoea, malaria and cholera, etc. These wastes cause a frequent nuisance as and when they are carelessly handled, spread by wind and splittered through rainwater.