Given below are two statements:
Assertion (A): In the organisational context, basic salary helps to satisfy basic physiological needs.
Reason (R): Basic physiological needs are the most basic in the hierarchy and correspond to primary needs.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): In the organisational context, basic salary helps to satisfy basic physiological needs. — True. Basic salary gives a person money for food, shelter and other daily needs. So basic salary helps to satisfy physiological needs.
Reason (R): Basic physiological needs are the most basic in the hierarchy and correspond to primary needs. — True. Hunger, thirst, shelter and sleep are primary needs at the base of the hierarchy.
Why R does not explain A?
R only tells where these needs stand in the hierarchy. It does not say how a salary meets them. The real reason is that money is a means to satisfy the physical needs of daily life, because it has purchasing power. With his salary a person buys food and pays for a home.
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory of Motivation: … His theory was based on human needs. He felt that within every human being, there exists a hierarchy of five needs. These are:
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