Assertion (A): Sex ratio is below 1000 in India. Reason (R): Sex ratio is above 1000 in Kerala.

The provisional figures of the 2011 Census showed 940 females per 1,000 males for India and 1,084 for Kerala, so both statements are true (the 2001 figures, 933 and 1,058, show the same). Kerala's favourable ratio cannot explain the all-India figure, which is below 1,000 despite Kerala, so the reason does not explain the assertion. The final 2011 figure for India was later put at 943.