Assertion and Reason Questions with Answers
Q.1.
Assertion (A): When Manchester industrialists began selling cloth in India, they put labels on the cloth bundles.
Reason (R): The label was a mark of Quality. When buyers saw 'MADE IN MANCHESTER' written in bold on the label, they were expected to feel confident about buying the cloth.
Answer: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q.2.
Assertion (A): The first symbol of the new era was cotton.
Reason (R): In Victorian Britain, the industrialists did not want to introduce machines that got rid of human labour and required large capital investment.
Answer: (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Q.3.
Assertion (A): The consolidation of East India Company power after the 1760s did not initially lead to a decline in textile exports from India.
Reason (R): British cotton industries had not yet expanded and Indian fine textiles were in great demand in Europe.
Answer: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q.4.
Assertion (A): The cotton weavers of India flourished with the Manchester imports.
Reason (R): With the American Civil War, the cotton supplies from US to Britain increased.
Answer: (d) A is false but R is true.
Q.5.
Assertion (A): In most industrial regions, workers came from the districts around.
Reason (R): Peasants and Artisans who found no work in the village went to the industrial centres in search of work.
Answer: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q.6.
Assertion (A): From 1906, the export of Indian yarn to China declined.
Reason (R): After the First World War, Manchester could never recapture its old position in the Indian market.
Answer: (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Q.7.
Assertion (A): In the twentieth century, handloom cloth production expanded steadily.
Reason (R): This was partly because of technological changes.
Answer: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q.8.
Assertion (A): Like the images of gods and goddesses, figures of important personages like emperors and nawabs adorned advertisements and calendars.
Reason (R): This was done to show the pomp and glory of the nation.
Answer: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Q.9.
Assertion (A): During the Great Depression of 1929, in general, agricultural regions and communities were the worst affected.
Reason (R): The fall in agricultural prices was greater and more prolonged than that in the prices of industrial goods.
Answer: (a) During the Great Depression, agricultural regions and communities were the worst affected because the fall in agricultural prices was greater and more prolonged than that in the prices of industrial goods. Hence, both assertion and reason statements are true and justify each other.
Q.10.
Assertion (A): Developing countries are now forced to borrow from Western commercial banks and private lending institutions.
Reason (R): Periodic debt crises in the developing world and lower incomes and increased poverty are evident, especially in Africa and Latin Africa.
Answer: (a) Due to change in International Financial System after the mid 1970 s, developing countries are now forced to borrow from western commercial banks and leading institutions. This has resulted into periodic debt crises in the developing world and lower incomes and increased poverty, especially evident in Africa and Latin Africa. Hence, both the assertion and reason statements are true and justify each other.
Q.11.
Assertion (A): In Africa, in the 1890 s, a fast-spreading disease of Cattle Plague or rinderpest had a terrifying impact on people's livelihoods and the local economy.
Reason (R): There was widespread European imperial impact on colonized societies.
Answer: (b) In Africa, in the 1890s, a fast-spreading disease of Cattle Plague or rinderpest had a terrifying impact on people's livelihoods and the local economy. This is a good example of the widespread European imperial impact on colonized societies. Hence, both assertion and reason statements are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
Q.12.
Assertion (A): Most of the TVs, mobile phones and toys we see in the shops seem to be made in China.
Reason (R): Industries are relocated to China due to the low-cost structure of the Chinese economy most importantly its low wages.
Answer: (a) Most of the TVs, Mobile Phones and toys we see in the shops are made in China because of the low-cost structure of the Chinese Economy most importantly its low wages. Hence, both assertion and reason statements are true and justify each other.
Q.13.
Assertion (A): Worldwide spread of MNCs was a notable feature of the 1950s and 1960s.
Reason (R): US businesses expanded worldwide, and Western Europe and Japan also recovered to become industrial economies.
Answer: (b) Worldwide spread of MNCs was a notable feature of the 1950 s and 1960 s because high import tariffs imposed by different govemment forced MNCs to locate their manufacturing operations and became domestic producers in as many as countries as possible. On the other hand, many MNCs came up during the 1950 s and 1960 s as US businesses expanded worldwide and Western Europe and Japan also recovered to become industrial economies. Hence, both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
