Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Development to enhance our current living styles, without concern for posterity, will deplete resources and degrade the environment.
Reason (R): Concern for the present generation alone can make development last forever.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) is true but (R) is false.
Assertion (A): Development to enhance our current living styles, without concern for posterity, will deplete resources and degrade the environment. — True. Such development depletes resources and degrades the environment, leading to both environmental and economic crisis.
Reason (R): Concern for the present generation alone can make development last forever. — False. It is concern for future generations, not the present one, that alone can make development last forever.
NCERT (2026-27): “7.3 State of India’s Environment … The various measures adopted by the Ministry of Environment and the central and state pollution control boards may not yield reward unless we consciously adopt a path of sustainable development. The concern for future generations alone can make development last forever. Development to enhance our current living styles, without concern for posterity, will deplete resources and degrade environment at a pace that is bound to result in both environmental and economic crisis.” |