Question

21 Read the following statements - Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose one of the correct alternatives given below.Assertion (A): Every year government fixes a target for disinvestment of Public Sector Enterprises (PSES).Reason (R): Disinvestment is an excellent tool for discarding the loss incurring Public Sector Enterprises (PSES).Alternatives:a. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A)b. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A)c. Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false. d. Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.​

Answer 1

a is correct

Explanation:

both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A)

Answer 2

Answer:

b. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A)

Explanation:

Disinvestment:

• Disinvestment is the use of a coordinated economic boycott to drive a government, industry, or enterprise into a policy change, or, in the case of countries, regime change.
• The word was initially used in the 1980s, most often in the United States, to refer to the use of a deliberate economic boycott to compel the South African government into ending its apartheid regime.
• The word has also been used to describe operations against Iran, Sudan, Northern Ireland, Myanmar, Israel, and China.

The assertion is not justified by Reason as although a disinvestment is an excellent tool for discarding the losses of PSUs but it is used for the purpose of encouraging private investment.

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