Question

Assertion (A): Profits of chemical industries increased 150%; fishermen income reduced by 70% due to untreated chemical pollutants in water bodies. This is a negative externality.

Reason (R): The profits of chemical industries is causing pollution which is harming the water and inturn leading the fishermen to catch less fish as the biodiversity of the water body is disturbed.

विकल्प

• Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).

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

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

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

Answer 1

Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).