Question

Assertion (A): Both, Sri Lanka and Belgium faced challenges of ethnic and linguistic diversity.

Reason (R): Sri Lanka had majority of Tamils whereas Belgium had majority of French speaking people.

विकल्प

• 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 1

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

Explanation:

Both Sri Lanka and Belgium had significant societal issues due to their different populations. However, Reason (R) is false because it misidentifies the dominant groups; in truth, Sinhala-speakers are the majority in Sri Lanka, whereas Dutch-speakers are the majority in Belgium. As a result, while the assertion is true, the provided reason is factually false.