There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the options given below.
Assertion: The literacy rates for both — adults as well as youth — have increased since independence in India.
Reasoning: The absolute number of illiterates in India today are less than the India’s population at the time of independence.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is option 3: Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.
Assertion: The literacy rates for both — adults as well as youth — have increased since independence in India. This is correct.
Reasoning: The absolute number of illiterates in India today are less than the India’s population at the time of independence. This is false. Though literacy rates for both — adults as well as youth — have increased, still the absolute number of illiterates in India is as much as India’s population was at the time of independence.