Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence

Question:

Assertion: Various details about the population of British India were first collected through a census in 1871.

Reasoning: Though suffering from certain limitations, the first census revealed the unevenness in India’s population growth.

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 true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Correct Answer:

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4: Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Assertion: Various details about the population of British India were first collected through a census in 1871. This is incorrect.Various details about the population of British India were first collected through a census in 1881.

Reasoning: Though suffering from certain limitations, the first census revealed the unevenness in India’s population growth. This is correct.

"Various details about the population of British India were first collected through a census in 1881. Though suffering from certain limitations, it revealed the unevenness in India’s population growth."