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Social Science — CBSE Class 10 board question

Q1. [1]
Two statements are given below. They are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read both the statements and choose the correct option. Assertion (A) : The famous 'Chipko Movement' in the Himalayas successfully resisted deforestation in several areas. Reason (R) : Through this, community afforestation campaign with indigenous species was made enormously successful.
  1. (A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  2. (B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  3. (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
  4. (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
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Model Answer

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

The Chipko Movement successfully resisted deforestation, but it promoted community afforestation with indigenous species, not a "community afforestation campaign" — the Reason misstates it as a separate campaign, making (R) false.

Source: Community and Conservation, Chapter 2

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Explanation

The passage states: "The famous Chipko movement…has not only successfully resisted deforestation…but has also shown that community afforestation with indigenous species can be enormously successful." The Assertion (A) is correctly stated. However, the Reason (R) incorrectly describes the afforestation as a separate "campaign," which is a distortion of what the textbook says — the movement demonstrated this success, it wasn't a formal afforestation campaign. Hence, (R) is false, making option (C) correct. Watch for such subtle misrepresentations in Reason statements.

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