Question

Assertion (A): People started protesting against the increase in prices of essential commodities, food scarcity and growing unemployment before the fourth General elections in India.

Reason (R): Failure of monsoons, widespread drought, decline in agricultural production and serious food shortage caused the problem.

Options

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

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

• The Assertion (A) is correct, but the Reason (R) is incorrect.

• The Assertion (A) is incorrect, but the Reason (R) is correct.

Answer 1

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

Explanation:

Poverty, growing inflation, and unemployment characterized the hazardous decade of the 1960s, culminating in the fourth general election in 1967.