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EconomicsCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2024-25 · 1 mark · Assertion-reason

CBSE Class 12 Economics sample paper 2024-25: question 20

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section B, question 20, for 1 mark. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q20 · 1 mark · Assertion-reasonCompetency-basedHuman Capital Formation in India

Read the following statements: Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose the correct option from those given below:
Assertion (A): The Education Commission (1964–66) had recommended that at least 4 % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) be spent on education.
Reason (R): The Union and State Governments, have been stepping up expenditures in the education sector over the years to fulfil the objective of attaining cent per cent literacy.

  1. (A)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
  2. (B)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
  3. (C)Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
  4. (D)Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2024-25.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Recall the figure the Kothari Commission recommended.

Hint 2

NEP 2020 repeats the same target.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. Assertion: False. The Education Commission (1964–66) recommended that at least 6% of GDP be spent on education, not 4%.

    Reason: True. The Union and State governments have been raising spending on education over the years to achieve 100% literacy.

  2. A is false and R is true. Option (D).

    1 mark

Answer: (D) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

Where the marks are

  • Truth of A and R and the link between them (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Human Capital Formation in India, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2024-25: every question, by section.

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