Discussion
Assertion (A) : According to UNICEF, 'state of the world's children 2009' report 47% of India's women aged 20-24 were married before the legal age of 18 with 56% in rural areas. It also shows that 40% of the World's child marriage occur in India.
Reason (R) : In India, through the legal age for marriage is 18 years for girls and 21 years for boys some 70% of Indians live in villages where family, caste and community pressures are more effective than any legislative.
Answer: A
The key's answer is that both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion: UNICEF's State of the World's Children 2009 reported that 47% of Indian women aged 20-24 had been married before 18, rising to 56% in rural areas, and UNICEF has described India as home to about 40% of the world's child marriages.
Reason: although the law fixes the marriage age at 18 for girls and 21 for boys, most Indians live in villages, where family, caste and community pressure carry more weight than legislation. That gap between law and social practice is why child marriage remains so common, especially in rural areas, so the Reason explains the Assertion and the options denying either statement, or the link, are wrong.
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