Assertion:. Synthetic products often of better quality and at lower prices, have replaced many items supplied by the gatherers in tropical forests.

Reasoning: Gathering has an important chance of becoming important at the global level.

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

The correct answer is Option (3) → Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Assertion: Synthetic products, often of better quality and lower prices, have replaced many items supplied by gatherers in tropical forests. This statement is correct because synthetic substitutes have reduced dependence on many forest-based products.

Reason: Gathering has an important chance of becoming important at the global level. This statement is incorrect. Gathering as an economic activity has generally become less significant at the global level due to the increasing use of synthetic products and modern alternatives. Gathering has little chance of becoming important at the global level

NCERT: Gathering has little chance of becoming important at the global level. Products of such an activity cannot compete in the world market. Moreover, synthetic products often of better quality and at lower prices, have replaced many items supplied by the gatherers in tropical forests.