Directions: In the questions given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). In the context of the two statements, which of the following is correct?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Assertion (A): Akbar abolished jaziya in 1564 but reimposed it subsequently.
Reason (R): As a young man he was quite liberal and tolerant but became a fanatic and
reactionary as he came of age.
Answer. (c)
Assertion (A): According to the foreign traveller Paes, the Devdasis held at highly respectable position in the Vijaynagar society.
Reason (R): The devdasi system of offering dancing girls to the temples in south India came into existence for the first time under the Vijaynagar rulers.
Answer. (c)
Assertion (A): Shivaji‘s rule was spread over outside Deccan also.
Reason (R): Shivaji’s council of minister was known as Ashtapradhan.
Answer. (b)
Assertion (A): Nurjahan conducted the affairs of the state and conferred high titles on her relatives.
Reason (R): Nurjahan had insatiable ambition.
Answer. (a)
Assertion (A): Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah Suri in the Battle of Kannauj.
Reason (R): His army men had no uniformity of command and they were not loyal to the ruler.
Answer. (c)
Assertion (A): Babur wrote his memoirs in Turki.
Reason (R): Turki was the official language of the Mughal court.
Answer. (c)
Assertion (A): Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to Deogiri (Daulatabad).
Reason (R): There were repeated Mongol invasions on Delhi during his reign.
Answer. (c)
Assertion (A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal.
Reason (R): Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.
Answer. (c)
Assertion (A): The Constituent Assembly of 1946 was not elected on the basis of universal adult franchise.
Reason (R): Gandhiji had desired that the very best talent available in the country must be involved in the task of the making of the Constitution.
Answer. (b)
Assertion (A): In order to create linguistic provinces in India, the Congress party constituted Motilal Nehru Committee in 1928.
Reason (R): The Motilal Nehru Committee suggested creation of linguistic provinces in India.
Answer. (a)
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Assertion (A): Akbar abolished jaziya in 1564 but reimposed it subsequently.
Reason (R): As a young man he was quite liberal and tolerant but became a fanatic and
reactionary as he came of age.
Answer. (c)
Assertion (A): According to the foreign traveller Paes, the Devdasis held at highly respectable position in the Vijaynagar society.
Reason (R): The devdasi system of offering dancing girls to the temples in south India came into existence for the first time under the Vijaynagar rulers.
Answer. (c)
Assertion (A): Shivaji‘s rule was spread over outside Deccan also.
Reason (R): Shivaji’s council of minister was known as Ashtapradhan.
Answer. (b)
Assertion (A): Nurjahan conducted the affairs of the state and conferred high titles on her relatives.
Reason (R): Nurjahan had insatiable ambition.
Answer. (a)
Assertion (A): Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah Suri in the Battle of Kannauj.
Reason (R): His army men had no uniformity of command and they were not loyal to the ruler.
Answer. (c)
Assertion (A): Babur wrote his memoirs in Turki.
Reason (R): Turki was the official language of the Mughal court.
Answer. (c)
Assertion (A): Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to Deogiri (Daulatabad).
Reason (R): There were repeated Mongol invasions on Delhi during his reign.
Answer. (c)
Assertion (A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal.
Reason (R): Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.
Answer. (c)
Assertion (A): The Constituent Assembly of 1946 was not elected on the basis of universal adult franchise.
Reason (R): Gandhiji had desired that the very best talent available in the country must be involved in the task of the making of the Constitution.
Answer. (b)
Assertion (A): In order to create linguistic provinces in India, the Congress party constituted Motilal Nehru Committee in 1928.
Reason (R): The Motilal Nehru Committee suggested creation of linguistic provinces in India.
Answer. (a)