State PCS PYQPrelims 2025

UPPCS · प्रश्न 60

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Food security is necessary even in surplus food production years. Reason (R): Starvation can still occur due to unequal distribution and lack of accessibility. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. (A) is false, but (R) is true
  2. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  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: (B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

व्याख्या

Food security needs availability, access and absorption; even with surplus output, poor access causes hunger, which explains A.