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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Human Capital Formation in India

Question:

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.

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 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 true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Explanation:

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.

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