Assertion: Primary activities are indirectly dependent on environment.
Reasoning: Primary activities refer to utilisation of earth’s resources such as land, water, vegetation, building materials and minerals.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is option 4: Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.
Assertion: Primary activities are indirectly dependent on environment. This statement is incorrect because primary activities are directly dependent on the environment. Activities such as agriculture, fishing, forestry and mining depend directly on natural resources and environmental conditions.
Reasoning: Primary activities refer to utilisation of earth’s resources such as land, water, vegetation, building materials and minerals. This statement is correct because primary activities involve direct use of natural resources obtained from the earth.
NCERT: Primary activities are directly dependent on environment as these refer to utilisation of earth’s resources such as land, water, vegetation, building materials and minerals. It, thus includes, hunting and gathering, pastoral activities, fishing, forestry, agriculture, and mining and quarrying.