Assertion:.It is not the availability of resources that is as important as their social distribution. Resources everywhere are unevenly distributed.
Reasoning: Rich countries and people have access to large resource baskets while the poor find their resources shrinking

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

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

• The assertion correctly states that it is not just the availability of resources but their social distribution that is important, and resources are unevenly distributed everywhere.

• The reasoning, however, states that rich countries and people have access to large resource baskets while the poor find their resources shrinking. While this is generally true, it doesn't directly explain why the social distribution of resources is important, which is the focus of the assertion. The reasoning provides additional information about the disparities between rich and poor but does not serve as a direct explanation for the importance of social distribution of resources mentioned in the assertion.