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Question

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): There has been a growing demand for review of Centre-State relationship.
Reason (R): The States have no adequate resources to take up developmental projects.

In the light of above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:

  1. Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. Both (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true

Answer:

Option A: Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).”.

Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).