Question

Assertion (A): The cotton crop is harvested in three to four pickings as the bolls mature.

Reason (R): Yield of cotton decreases with successive pickings.

Options

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

• Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.

• A is true but R is false.

• A is false but R is true.

Answer 1

Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.

Explanation:

A is true because cotton bolls open at different times, so the crop is picked in 3–4 successive pickings as bolls mature; R is also true since later pickings recover less fibre (yields fall with successive pickings). However, the decrease in yield is a consequence of staggered boll maturity and earlier removals, not the reason why multiple pickings are needed.