Practicing Success

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)- Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM) includes 5 systems altogether.

Reason (R)- ISM includes Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Naturopathy, and Homeopathy (AYUSH).

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:

Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM): It includes six systems—Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Naturopathy, and Homeopathy (AYUSH). At present, there are 4,095 AYUSH hospitals and 27,951 dispensaries and as many as 8 lakh registered practitioners in India. ISMs have huge potential and can solve a large part of our healthcare problems because they are effective, safe and inexpensive.