In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: Various factors such as climatic change, deforestation etc have been suggested by the Archaeologists for the decline of the Mature Harappa civilisation.
Reasoning: Some of these causes may hold for certain settlements, but they do not explain the collapse of the entire civilisation.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Several explanations have been put forward for such a decline of the Mature Harappa civilisation. These range from climatic change, deforestation, excessive floods, the shifting and/or drying up of rivers, to overuse of the landscape. Some of these “causes” may hold for certain settlements, but they do not explain the collapse of the entire civilisation.