Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Infrastructure

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)- Examples of conventional commercial sources of energy are coal, petroleum, and fuelwood.

Reason (R)- Examples of non conventional commercial sources of energy are solar energy, wind energy and tidal power.

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:

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

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4: Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

  • Assertion (A) is false because fuelwood is not considered a commercial source of energy; it is typically classified as a non-commercial or traditional source of energy. Coal and petroleum are conventional commercial sources, but fuelwood does not fit into this category.

  • Reason (R) is true because solar energy, wind energy, and tidal power are examples of non-conventional commercial sources of energy. These are renewable sources and are increasingly used in modern energy systems.