Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Even today, more than 10 per cent of goods produced on farms are wasted.
Reason (R): There is a lack of storage facilities.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): Even today, more than 10 per cent of goods produced on farms are wasted. — True. More than 10 per cent of farm goods go waste.
Reason (R): There is a lack of storage facilities. — True. Storage facilities are inadequate.
Why R explains A?
Farm goods such as fruits, vegetables and grain spoil if they cannot be stored. Without enough godowns and cold storages, part of the produce rots before it is sold. So the lack of storage is the cause of the waste.
NCERT (2026-27): “5.4 Agricultural Market System … They also did not have proper storage facilities to keep back their produce for selling later at a better price. Do you know that even today, more than 10 per cent of goods produced in farms are wasted due to lack of storage? …” |