pyq/2018/csat/31

With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made :

1. Diversification of livelihoods acts as a coping strategy for climate change.

2. Adoption of monocropping practice leads to the extinction of plant varieties and their wild relatives.

Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?

(A) 1 only

(B) 2 only

(C) Both 1 and 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2