Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Employment - Growth, Informalisation and Other Issues

Question:

In the question given below there are 2 statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose the correct alternative from the following options.

Assertion (A)- Women in general, and urban women, in particular, prefer not working.

Reason (R)- Where men are able to earn high incomes, families discourage female members from taking up jobs.

Options:

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.

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

(A) Is true but (R) is false.

(A) Is false but (R) is true.

Correct Answer:

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.

Explanation:

It is often seen that where men is working and earning high income, those families tend to restrain their women to work. They prefer women to stay at home and get themselves engaged in household work.