Question

Assertion: Most of the African countries can be characterised as economically underdeveloped.

Reason: Africa is a continent with abundant natural resources.

• A. Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
• B. Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is NOT the correct explanation of Assertion.
• C. Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
• D. Assertion is false, but Reason is true.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is NOT the correct explanation of Assertion.

Africa is a continent with abundant natural resources, but apart from South Africa and a few countries in North Africa, the economy of most of Africa can be characterised as underdeveloped. This can partly be attributed to colonisation. Technologically-advanced European nations were able to exploit the resource-rich regions of Africa.