Question

Assertion [A]: Landslides are naturally caused disasters.

Reason [R]: Activities such as mining and deforestation can cause landslides.

• A. [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct justification for [A].
• B. [A] is false and [R] is true.
• C. [A] and [R] are false.
• D. [A] is true but [R] is false.

Answer 1

The correct option is B [A] is false and [R] is true.

• Landslides may be caused by natural causes as well as man-made ones.
• Activities such as mining and deforestation can contribute to increasing the possibility of landslides occurring.
• Mining operations that use blasting techniques often cause landslides in other areas at the risk of sliding due to vibrations under the soil.
• Deforestation is another cause of landslides because there are no trees left to hold the soil after deforestation.
• As a result, the whole area becomes prone to landslides.