II Direction Mark the options which is most suitable:
a)If both assertion & reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b)If both assertion & reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c)If assertion is true but reason is false d)If both assertion & reason are false. 1.Assertion:India’s primary activity is Agriculture.
Reason: Two-thirds of its population is engaged in agricultural activities.
2.Assertion: Agriculture is not an old economic activity.
Reason: Farming varies from subsistence to commercial type
3.Assertion: Plantation has an interface of agriculture & industry.
Reason: Plantation is a type of commercial farming; a single crop is grown on a large area.
4.Assertion: Biochemical inputs & irrigation are used for obtaining higher production.
Reason: Doses of biochemical input are used to grow crops rapidly.
5.Assertion: Crops are grown depending upon the variations in soil, climate & cultivation practices.
Reason: Crops are also grown according to availability of water.
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In the IBPS PO, SO and SBI cleric exams, Assertion and Reason questions are a recent addition to the paper. In the space below, we will see what we mean by an Assertion and Reason question. It will check your logical and reasoning capacities and also give you an insight into the level of the paper for these exams. We will see some examples of this type and try to figure out the diversity of the questions that will be present in the exam paper. Let us see!
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Assertion and Reason
The word “assertion” means a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief when we talk about it as a noun. In these questions, the candidate is provided with a statement. This statement presents an opinion, a fact, or a comment. We call it the assertion. The other statement is the reason. These two statements form a pair of reason and assertion statements. There may or may not be a relation between the two. The most common misconception is that the assertion is a statement and the reason has to be a defending statement or the cause for it. Well, that is what you need to check for. The questions on Assertion and Reason look something like the following