Question

For Question number 3, two statements are given - one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read these statements carefully and choose the correct option as the answer from the options (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below.

Assertion (A) : Modernisation is associated with the ideas of growth, material progress and scientific rationality.

Reason (R) : The Government of India replaced the Planning Commission with a new institution named NITI Aayog.

• 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 false, but Reason (R) is true.
• D. Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.

Hint:

Both statements are true facts, but replacing the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog does not explain what modernisation means.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Understand the question:
This is an Assertion-Reason question. We check A, then R, then see if R explains A.
The topic is planned development in India and the idea of modernisation.

Step 2: Check the Assertion (A):
In the planning debate after independence, modernisation meant growth, material progress and scientific rationality.
Leaders such as Nehru saw planning and industry as the way to reach this goal. So A is TRUE.

Step 3: Check the Reason (R):
The Planning Commission was set up in 1950. In January 2015 the Government of India replaced it with a new body, NITI Aayog.
So R is a correct fact and is TRUE.

Step 4: Link R with A:
A speaks of the meaning of modernisation. R speaks of a change in a government body in 2015.
Replacing the Planning Commission does not explain what modernisation means. The two statements are not connected as cause and explanation.

Step 5: Check each option:
(A) says R explains A. Wrong, because the two facts are separate.
(B) says both are true but R does not explain A. CORRECT.
(C) says A is false and R is true. Wrong, because A is true.
(D) says A is true and R is false. Wrong, because R is true.

Final Answer:
Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A, so the answer is option (B). \[ \boxed{\text{Option (B)}} \]