Question

Assertion (A): Child abuse is a widespread social issue that includes various forms of maltreatment, such as physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, as well as neglect.

Reason (R): Child abuse is primarily limited to physical harm and neglect and does not extend to emotional and sexual abuse.

Options

• A is true, but R is false.

• A is false, but R is true.

• Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.

Answer 1

A is true, but R is false.

Explanation:

The assertion is true because child abuse is a major social problem that includes many different types of mistreatment, such as physical, emotional, and sexual harm, along with neglect. However, the reason is completely false because it wrongly claims that child abuse is limited only to physical harm and neglect. In reality, child abuse covers a much wider range of harmful behaviours, and emotional or sexual abuse are major parts of it that cannot be ignored.