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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 (A): The abolition of the Corn Laws in Britain led to large areas of land being left uncultivated and thousands of agricultural workers losing their jobs. Reason (R): After the Corn Laws were repealed, food could be imported into Britain more cheaply than it could be produced domestically.
  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 14:57 · grounding rag
Model Answer

Answer: A

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). After the Corn Laws were scrapped, food could be imported more cheaply, making British domestic agriculture uncompetitive, which led to vast lands being left uncultivated and thousands losing agricultural jobs.

Explanation

The passage from section 2.1 directly states: "After the Corn Laws were scrapped, food could be imported into Britain more cheaply than it could be produced within the country. Vast areas of land were now left uncultivated, and thousands of men and women were thrown out of work." This confirms both the Assertion and the Reason, and shows the Reason is the direct cause of the Assertion — making Option A correct. Remember: for Option A, the Reason must not just be true but must logically explain why the Assertion occurred.

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