Question

Most of the New Year festival in different regions of India such as Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Bihu in Assam, Baisakhi in Punjab and Ugadi in Karnataka to name just a few actually celebrate the main harvest season and herald the beginning of a new agricultural season.

Assertion (A): There is a close connection between agriculture & culture.

Reason (R): Many of our cultural practices and patterns can be traced to our agrarian background.

Options

• Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

• A is true but R is false.

• A is false and R is true.

Answer 1

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.