Assertion: The recognition that women should have the same rights as men is a reflection of modernisation.

Reasoning: A farmer using new seed varieties instead of using the old ones to increase the productivity is an example of modernisation.

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

Adoption of new technology is called modernisation. However, modernisation does not refer only to the use of new technology but also to changes in social outlook such as the recognition that women should have the same rights as men. In a traditional society, women are supposed to remain at home while men work. A modern society makes use of the talents of women in the work place — in banks, factories, schools etc. — and such a society in most occassions is also prosperous.