Question : Assertion (A): Innovation, invention, and technical advancement are produced via the human capital formation process.
Reason (R): Since an educated workforce typically adapts to modern technologies and innovation, investments in education create the capacity to accept newer technologies, facilities inventions, and innovations.
Option 1: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
Option 2: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
Option 3: Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is False
Option 4: Assertion (A) is False but Reason (R) is true.
Correct Answer:
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
Solution :
The expansion of educational facilities is primarily to blame for the rise in literacy rates in India. But as the population has grown significantly, so too has the actual number of illiterates.
Hence option b is the correct answer.
