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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A: In the year 2011-12, the poverty line (Tendulkar methodology) in terms of monthly per capita expenditure was defined as Rs. 816 for rural areas and Rs. 1000 for urban areas. Reason R: According to the Suresh Tendulkar Committee, the poverty lines for rural and urban areas were adjusted upward in 2020-22 to Rs. 1000 and Rs. 1200 respectively. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
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- 1Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
- 2A is not correct but R is correct.
- 3A is correct but R is not correct.✓
- 4Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
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A is correct but R is not correct.
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