Assertion (A) : Number of slum dwellers in urban India varies from agency to agency.
Reason (R) : All of them followed different criteria in defining slums.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Evaluating Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
Assertion (A) states that the number of slum dwellers in urban India varies depending on the agency conducting the survey. This is generally true because different organizations (government bodies, NGOs, research institutions) often arrive at different figures.
Reason (R) explains this variation by stating that these agencies use different criteria when defining what constitutes a 'slum'. This is also a valid reason.
Connecting Reason (R) to Assertion (A)
The core reason why counts of slum dwellers differ (Assertion A) is directly linked to how 'slum' is defined. For instance:
- One agency might define a slum based solely on lack of basic sanitation.
- Another agency might include criteria like housing quality, land tenure security, and access to safe drinking water.
Because the criteria used to identify and count slum dwellers are not uniform across all agencies, the resulting numbers inevitably vary. Therefore, Reason (R) provides a direct and accurate explanation for Assertion (A).
Conclusion
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct statements. Furthermore, Reason (R) correctly explains why Assertion (A) is true.
Correct Option Analysis: Option A correctly identifies that both statements are true and that (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
Important Questions from Urbanization - Teaching
- What is the percentage of Delhi’s population living in planned colonies ?
- Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Slum dwellers living in Central part of cities are uprooted and displaced frequently in the name of encroachments.
Reason (R) : Cities’ Central places are more valuable for urban local bodies in the present neo-liberal markets to fetch much revenue.
Select the correct answer from the following codes : - Which statement among the following is associated with the understanding of a ‘Postindustrial city’ ?
- Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Majority of the Coastal States in India are highly urbanized.
Reason (R) : They had early interaction with other countries.
Select the correct answer from the codes give below : - How many slum dwellers are there in India as per Census 2011 ?
