Given below are two statements, an Assertion (A) and a Reason (R). Choose the correct answer.
Assertion (A):Deforestation during the recent decade has led to climate change, soil erosion, landslides and loss of biodiversity.
Reason (R):The maximum loss of forest lands in India is caused by agriculture, due to increasing populations and increased requirement of food production.
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)
Explanation
Both statements are true but the reason does not explain the assertion.
The assertion correctly lists the harms of recent deforestation.
The reason correctly names agriculture as the biggest cause of forest loss in India.
The assertion describes the effects while the reason describes a cause of deforestation.
Since one covers consequences and the other a cause, the reason does not account for the assertion.
Population growth and food demand drive this conversion of forest to farmland.
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