Political Science · Governance & Public Policy in India
Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R).
Assertion (A): MGNREGA was a landmark policy to provide employment in both rural and urban India.
Reason (R): It provides 100 days of guaranteed wage employment to unskilled labour.
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
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) A is false, but R is true — The assertion is false but the reason is true, so the answer is the fourth option.
Explanation
★The assertion is false but the reason is true, so the answer is the fourth option.
★The assertion is false, since MGNREGA covers rural India only.
★It does not provide urban employment.
★The reason is true, since it guarantees 100 days of wage employment.
★This is given to unskilled rural labour.
★So the reason is correct while the assertion is not.
★Thus A is false but R is true.
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