Question 1 - Assertion Reasoning - Chapter 5 Class 9 History - Pastoralists in the Modern World - History

Assertion (A): The life of these pastoral groups was sustained by a careful consideration of a host of factors.

Reason (R): They combined a range of different activities—cultivation, trade and herding to make their living.

Answer:

So the correct answer is (b) - Both Assertion(a) and Reason (r) are true but reason (r) is not the correct explanation of assertion (a).

Explanation

• Assertion (A): The life of these pastoral groups was sustained by careful consideration of a host of factors like water and pasture and the time of their travel. Thus, assertion (A) is true.
  
  
• Reason (R): They combined a range of different activities—cultivation, trade and herding to make their living which is a correct statement. Thus, the reasoning (R) is true.
  
  
• Reasoning (R) is a correct statement but it’s not explaining the reason why the life of pastoral groups was sustained by careful consideration of a host of factors. Thus, Reasoning (r) is not a correct explanation of Assertion (a).

Thus,

• Assertion is true
• Reasoning is true
• But Reasoning (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

So, the correct answer is (b) .