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Geography Ch - 3 Agriculture — Social Studies STD 8 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8Social StudiesGeography Ch - 3 Agriculture1 Mark
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Assertion (A) Developing countries with large populations usually practice intensive agriculture where crops are grown on small holdings mostly for subsistence. 
Reason (R) Larger holdings are more suitable for commercial agriculture in the USA, Canada, and Australia. 
(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
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Answer

Correct option: B.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

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