Question : Assertion: China adopted the 'Great Leap Forward Campaign' which transformed it into a modern economy from an agrarian economy through rapid industrialization.
Reason: Under this campaign, students and many professionals were sent to work countryside.
Option 1: Both assertion and reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
Option 2: Both assertion and reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
Option 3: Assertion is true, but the reason is false.
Option 4: Assertion is false, but the reason is true.
Correct Answer: Assertion is false, but the reason is true.
Solution : The correct answer is (d) The assertion is false, but the reason is true.
Assertion is false. The Great Leap Forward was a disastrous campaign that led to widespread famine and economic collapse. It did not transform China into a modern economy, and it actually set back China's economic development by many years.
Reason is true. Under the Great Leap Forward, millions of students and professionals were sent to work in the countryside. This was done in an attempt to mobilize the rural population and increase agricultural production.
Therefore, the assertion is false, but the reason is true.
