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Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.

Q1. [1] medium exam-ready
[assertion_reason] Assertion (A): The Chipko Movement in Uttarakhand successfully resisted commercial logging and demonstrated that local communities can be powerful agents of forest conservation. Reason (R): The Chipko Movement was initiated and funded by the central government to increase timber production in the Himalayan region. (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.
  1. A Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
  2. B Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  3. C A is true but R is false.
  4. D A is false but R is true.
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-26 13:28 · grounding rag
Model Answer

(C) A is true but R is false.

The Chipko Movement was a grassroots community movement that resisted commercial logging, not a government-funded initiative to increase timber production.

Explanation

The textbook states the Chipko Movement "successfully resisted deforestation in several areas," making A true. The Reason is factually incorrect — Chipko was a community-led movement against deforestation, not initiated or funded by the government to increase timber production. Hence R is false, making option (C) correct. Examiners expect you to verify both the truth of A and R independently, then check if R correctly explains A.

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