State PCS PYQPrelims 2024

UPPCS · प्रश्न 37

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Red soil denotes the second largest soil group of India. Reason (R): Red soil surrounds the black soil in the south, east and north directions. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. (A) is false, but (R) is true
  3. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  4. (A) is true, but (R) is false
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या

उत्तर: (C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

व्याख्या

Red soils cover about 18% of India, second after alluvial soils, and fringe the black-soil region on the south, east and north. Both true, but R does not explain A.