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Question

Assertion (A): India's Urban Population exceeds the total population of the USA.
Reason (R): India has made a spectacular growth in urbanisation.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Code:

  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of A.
  2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  3. A is true but R is false.
  4. A is false but R is true.

Answer:

Option C: A is true but R is false.

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “A is true but R is false.”.

India's urban population is around 37.7 crores, the United States population is estimated to be about 3.36 crores.

India had an urbanization rate of 1.34% in 2021.