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Assertion: In population pyramid, a broad base indicates high number of children in a country.
Reason: Broad apex is an indicator of high number of elderly in a country.
Assertion: Broad base in population pyramid indicates higher number of children.
Reason: Broad apex in population pyramid indicates higher number of old people.
Assertion (A): In a population pyramid, a broad base indicates a high number of children.
Reasoning (R): The broad apex of the pyramid is an indicator of a high number of elderly.
Options
Only Assertion is correct.
Only Reason is correct.
Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is a correct explanation of Assertion.
Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
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Solution
Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
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