Assertion Reason for Class 12 Geography Book 1 - Chapter 4 Primary Activities
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) Based MCQs
Question.1.
Assertion: Dairy is the most advanced and efficient type of rearing of milch animals.
Reason: It is highly capital as well as labour intensive.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
Question.2.
Assertion: The number of pastoral nomads has been increasing and the areas operated by them expanding.
Reason: New settlement plans by different countries.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Question.3.
Assertion: The regions where farmers specialise in vegetables only, the farming is known as truck farming.
Reason: The distance of truck farms from the market is governed by the distance that a truck can cover overnight.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
Question.4.
Assertion: The slopes of hills are used for tea cultivation.
Reason: It has unfavourable geographical conditions.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
Question.5.
Assertion: Commercial livestock rearing is more organized and capital intensive.
Reason: Reindeer rearing in the northern regions of Alaska where most of the Eskimos own about two-third of the stock.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
Question.6.
Assertion (A): Gathering is the oldest economic activity known.
Reason (R): This type of activity requires a small amount of capital investment and operates at very low level of technology,
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true
Answer
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Question.7.
Assertion (A): A group of farmers form a co-operative society by pooling in their resources voluntarily for more efficient and profitable farming.
Reason (R): Co-operative societies help farmers, to procure all important inputs of farming, sell the products at the most favourable terms and help in processing of quality products at cheaper rates.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true
Answer
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Question.8.
Assertion (A): Commercial livestock rearing is totally opposite to the nomadic herding.
Reason (R): It is unorganised and low investment; the livestock rearing is practised by transhuman.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true
Answer
(C) A is true but R is false
Question.9.
Assertion (A): Market gardening and horticulture specialize in the cultivation of High value crops such as vegetables, fruits and flowers solely Urban markets.
Reason (R): It is both labour and capital intensive and lays emphasis on the Use of irrigation, HYV seeds, fertilizers insecticides, green houses and artificial heating in colder region.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true
Answer
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Question.10.
Assertion (A): People engaged in primary activities are called red-collar workers.
Reason (R): This is due to the outdoor nature of their work.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true
Answer
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Question.11.
Statement I. Nomadic herding is practiced mostly in hilly and deserted regions of the world.
Statement II. Because any other economic activities can’t be performed efficiently except nomadic herding due to climatic and physical restraints.
(A) Both statements are correct and statement II is correct explanation ofstatement I.
(B) Both statements are correct but statement II is not a right explanation of statement I.
(C) Only II is correct.
(D) Both statements are incorrect.
Answer
(A) Both statements are correct and statement II is correct explanation of statement I.
Question.12.
Statement I. Wheat and barley are plantation crops.
Statement II. Truck farming is practiced in California on USA
(A) Both statements are correct and statement II is correct explanation of I.
(B) Both statements are correct but statement II is not a right explanation of I.
(C) Only II is correct.
(D) Both statements are incorrect.
Answer
(B) Both statements are correct but statement II is not a right explanation of statement I.
Question.13.
Statement I. Hunting Seals and Reindeers are base of survival to people in Siberia.
Statement II. Environment is Siberia to too harsh and does not allow people to do any activities except hunting and gathering.
(A) Both statements are correct and statement II is correct explanation of statement I.
(B) Both statements are correct but statement II is not a right explanation ofstatement I.
(C) Only statement II is correct.
(D) Both statements are incorrect.
Answer
(D) Only statement II is correct.
Question.14.
Statement I. Kolkhoz is big collective farms in former USSR.
Statement II. High production in collective farming was sole reward to individual farmer.
(A) Both statements are correct and statement II is correct explanation of I.
(B) Both statements are correct but statement II is not a right explanation of I.
(C) Only II is correct.
(D) Both statements are incorrect.
Answer
(B) Both statements are correct but statement II is not a right explanation of I.
Question.15.
Statement I. Mining is an important secondary economic activity.
Statement II. Quarrying, open cast, shaft and drilling are methods of mining.
(A) Both statements are correct and statement II is correct explanation of statement I.
(B) Both statements are correct but statement II is not a right explanation of statement I.
(C) Only statement I is correct.
(D) Only statement II is correct.
Answer
(A) Both statements are correct and statement II is correct explanation of statement I.
Question.16.
Statement I. Intensive subsistence cultivation is mostly practiced in densely populated areas of East Asia, South Asia and South East Asia.
Statement II. It is divided in to paddy dominance and wheat dominance areas.
(A) Both statements are correct and statement II is correct explanation of statement I.
(B) Both statements are correct but statement II is not a right explanation of statement I.
(C) Only II is correct.
(D) Both statements are incorrect.
Answer
(C) Only II is correct.
