Question

Assertion (A) : Resistance to globalisation in India has come from Trade Unions and workforce representing farmers' interests.

Reason (R) : Multinational Corporations have damaged the interests of small scale industries and agriculture.

Options :

• A. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
• B. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
• C. Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
• D. Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

Hint:

Check if each statement is true. Then ask whether the harm done by MNCs is the reason why unions and farmers resisted globalisation.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Understand the question:
This is an Assertion-Reason question. We must decide if A is true, if R is true, and if R explains A.
The topic is resistance to globalisation in India, from the chapter on Globalisation.

Step 2: Check the Assertion:
Globalisation opened the Indian economy to foreign goods and firms after 1991.
Trade unions, workers organisations and farmers organisations opposed this opening in several ways. They protested against disinvestment of public sector units, entry of foreign firms and the impact on farm incomes.
So the Assertion that resistance came from trade unions and the workforce representing farmers interests is TRUE.

Step 3: Check the Reason:
Multinational Corporations bring cheap and branded goods and large capital. Small scale industries and small farmers cannot compete with them.
Small units lose their market, and farmers fear patents and seeds controlled by big firms. So the Reason is TRUE.

Step 4: Does R explain A?:
Yes. Trade unions and farmer groups resisted because they believed the MNCs were hurting small industries and agriculture.
The fear described in R is the very cause of the resistance named in A. So R is the correct explanation of A.

Step 5: Why the other options are wrong:
Option (B) says R is not the explanation. This is wrong because R gives the exact reason for the protest.
Option (C) says A is true but R is false. R is not false, so (C) is wrong.
Option (D) says A is false but R is true. A is not false, so (D) is wrong.

Final Answer:
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. The correct option is (A), which is option 1.