Assertion (A): Over a period of thirty years lasting up to the early eighties, there was little per capita income growth and not much reduction in poverty.

Reason (R): With the spread of irrigation and the Green Revolution, many job opportunities were created in the agriculture sector.

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Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false, but (R) is true.

answer is B.

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One of India's main development strategies has been to eradicate poverty. There was not much of an increase in per capita income throughout the thirty-year period that ended in the early 1980s, nor was there much of a decline in poverty. Even in the early 1980s, official estimates of poverty, around 45% in the early 1950s, remained constant. India's economy has grown at one of the world's quickest rates since the 1980s.
The growth rate increased dramatically during the 1980s and 1990s, going from an average of around 3.5% per year in the 1970s to nearly 6%. The faster growth rates have considerably helped the lower levels of poverty. The impoverished, however, might not be able to benefit directly from the possibilities brought about by economic expansion. With the spread of irrigation and the Green Revolution, many job opportunities were created in the agriculture sector.
Thus, both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

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