Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Rural production centres need to be linked with urban and foreign (export) markets.
Reason (R): Such linking helps to realise higher returns on the investments for the products.
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): Rural production centres need to be linked with urban and foreign (export) markets. — True. Rural areas need such links to become more vibrant.
Reason (R): Such linking helps to realise higher returns on the investments for the products. — True. Bigger markets give rural producers higher returns.
Why R explains A?
A says rural producers should be linked to city and export markets. R gives the purpose of that link: higher returns on what they invest. That purpose is the very reason the link is needed.
NCERT (2026-27): “5.7 Conclusion … There is a greater need today to make rural areas more vibrant through diversification into dairying, poultry, fisheries, vegetables and fruits and linking up the rural production centres with the urban and foreign (export) markets to realise higher returns on the investments for the products. …” |