Question 1 - Assertion Reasoning - Chapter 4 Class 9 History - Forest Society and Colonialism - History

Assertion (A): Deforestation is a recent problem.

Reason (R): The process of deforestation became more systematic and extensive under Colonial Rule.

Answer:

Explanation:

The disappearance of forests is referred to as deforestation.

The process began many centuries ago, but under colonial rule, it became more systematic and extensive.

Let’s Check

• Assertion (A): Deforestation is a recent problem.  - I t has b een an issue since humans began making fires hundreds of thousands of years ago. The extinction of plants and animals due to deforestation has occurred for thousands of years. So, it is false.
  
  
• Reason (R): The process of deforestation became  more systematic and extensive under Colonial Rule. So, it is True 

So, 

• Assertion is false
• Reason is true

Thus, the correct answer is (d).