Sociology · Kinship, Marriage and Family
Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): Assertion (A): The joint family system in India is declining rapidly under the influence of industrialization and urbanization. Reason (R): A.M. Shah argued that the joint family is not merely a residential unit and jointness persists at the level of sentiment, kinship obligations, and functional relations. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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- 1A is not correct but R is correct
- 2A is correct but R is not correct
- 3Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A✓
- 4Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
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Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
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