Assertion (A): There is a decline in child sex ratio in India
Reason (R): Indian parents prefer to have sons.

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

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

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

(A) is false but (R) is true

answer is A.

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Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of the assertion.
There is a major decline in child sex ratio because Indian parents prefer sons over daughters, and they either get her aborted before birth or do not give her equal treatment after birth. The expenditure on a girl child's education is comparatively poor compared to that on a son's education. Parents get their daughters married early to avoid the expenses or amount spent on them. But this is not the end of her plight of discrimination. She faces oppression, insults, harassment, domestic violence, and unequal treatment at her in-law's house.

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