Paper 1 · Communication
Assertion (A): With the development of science and technology, the forms of communication have become more specialized and there is increasing use of social media as a new method of communication. Reason (R): In today's societies the communication process is more complex and indirect because of modern gadgets in which individuals do not interact face to face. Choose the correct answer.
ABoth (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
BBoth (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A) ✓ Correct
C(A) is true but (R) is false
D(A) is false but (R) is true
Correct answer: (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A) — Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A, so that is the answer.
★It is true that new technology has specialized communication and spread social media.
★So assertion A is true.
★It is also true that modern gadgets make communication more complex and indirect.
★So reason R is true, but it explains the loss of face-to-face contact, not the rise of specialized forms.
★Hence both are true, yet R is not the correct explanation of A.
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