Question

Given below are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Read the statements and choose the correct option.
Assertion (A): The Government of India buys wheat and rice from
farmers at fair price.
Reason (R): Public sector contributes to the economic development.
Options :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B)
C)
(D)
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A
(A) is true, but (R) is false.
(A) is false, but (R) is true.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Option 'B' is correct

Both 'A' and 'R' are true but 'R' is not the correct explanation of 'A'

Explanation:

Buying and selling of food grains are welfare activities of government. Public sectors consists of oil and natural gas industries, coal fields which won't have any connection with food. But, surely these public sectors will contribute to the economic development of the nation

So, option 'B' is correct.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

The government of India purchases wheat and rice from the farmers at a reasonable cost.

Reason: Because the government delivers incentives to the farmers for increasing the production of these crops.

Both A and R are correct, but R stands not the reason for A. So Option B. Public Sector includes companies like coal India or LIC which have defined objectives in their domain. Buying and selling of food grains are welfare movements of the government.

Hence, The answer is Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of A.

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