Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Continuity and Change

Question:
Two statements are given, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A) The post-Independence Indian state was committed to the abolition of caste and explicitly wrote this into the Constitution.
Reason (R) The state was both unable and unwilling to push through radical reforms which would have undermined the economic basis for caste inequality.
Options:
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A)
(A) is true , but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true
Correct Answer:
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A)
Explanation:
On the one hand, the state was committed to the abolition of caste and explicitly wrote this into the Constitution. On the other hand, the state was both unable and unwilling to push through radical reforms which would have undermined the economic basis for caste inequality.