Question

Assertion [A]: Most of the land area in South America is covered with forests, mountains, and deserts, so agriculture is naturally limited.

Reason [R]: Subsistence agriculture was practised widely in South America.

• A. [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct justification for [A].
• B. [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct justification for [A].
• C. [A] and [R] are false.
• D. [A] is true but [R] is false.

Answer 1

The correct option is B [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct justification for [A].

Most of the continent is covered with forests, mountains, and deserts. This naturally limits the amount of agriculture possible. Only 10% of the total land area is suitable for cultivation. As a result of this, subsistence agriculture is practised on the continent. It is an agricultural method followed in most parts of the continent wherein farmers grow crops to feed themselves and their families and not to sell their produce in the global market. Therefore, [A] is in fact the reasoning behind [R] in this context.