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Question
Assertion (A): Renewable natural resources are being depleted due to overuse and misuse.
Reasoning (R): Growing demand for economic and industrial growth is a major cause for over exploitation of natural resources.
Options
A is true R is false.
A is false but R is true.
Both A and R are true and R explains A.
Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
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Solution
Both A and R are true and R explains A.
Explanation:
The assertion is true since renewable resources such as fresh water, woods, and soil are rapidly depleting worldwide due to human consumption rates that far surpass their natural regeneration times. This reasoning is also true and provides an exact explanation for the assumption, as the rapid acceleration of industrial production and economic development creates an unsustainable, unrelenting demand that immediately leads to the overexploitation of these vital natural resources.
