Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Answer
(3) A is false but R is true.
Solution
A statutory ban on amniocentesis for sex determination (to legally check the increasing menace of female foeticide) is one of the strategies of the Reproductive and Child Health Care (RCH) programme — not amniocentesis for sex determination itself.
So Assertion A is false and Reason R is true.
Answer: (3)