Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): India is a democratic country.
Reason (R): India has a constitution of its own.
Choose the most appropriate option.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Assertion (A) is true. India is a democracy: its government is formed by representatives elected by the people through universal adult franchise, and the Preamble calls India a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic.
Reason (R) is true. India has its own written Constitution, framed by the Constituent Assembly and in force since 26 January 1950.
But (R) does not explain (A). Having a constitution does not by itself make a country democratic: many countries ruled by a monarch or a single party also have constitutions. India is democratic because its Constitution provides for free elections and rule by elected representatives, not merely because it has a constitution.