Q1. [1] deep thorough-understanding
Assertion (A): Even though the number of people employed in India's secondary and tertiary sectors increased significantly between 1977–78 and 2017–18, the primary sector continues to absorb more than half of all workers.
Reason (R): Industrial and service sector output grew much faster than the jobs they created, so they could not absorb the surplus labour moving away from agriculture.
Choose the correct option:
(A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.
- A Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
- B Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- C A is true but R is false.
- D A is false but R is true.
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Model Answer
(A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
The textbook states that industrial output rose 9 times but employment only 3 times, and service output rose 14 times but employment only 5 times — confirming both A and R, with R directly explaining A.
Explanation
The passage explicitly says: "not enough jobs were created in the secondary and tertiary sectors" because output grew much faster than employment in those sectors. This is precisely what Reason R states, and it directly explains why the primary sector still employs more than half of workers (Assertion A). So R is not just true — it is the correct explanation of A, making option (A) the right choice.