In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.
Assertion: During the seventeenth century about 15 percent of the Indian population lived in towns. This was, on average, higher than the proportion of the urban population in Western Europe in the same period.
Reason: Nicole Conti described Mughal cities as "camp towns", by which he meant towns that owed their existence, and depended for their survival, on the imperial camp.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option 3 - The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.
Assertion: During the seventeenth century about 15 percent of the Indian population lived in towns. This was, on average, higher than the proportion of the urban population in Western Europe in the same period. (Correct)
Reason: Nicole Conti described Mughal cities as "camp towns", by which he meant towns that owed their existence, and depended for their survival, on the imperial camp. (Incorrect)
Correction in Reason: Francois Bernier described Mughal cities as "camp towns", by which he meant towns that owed their existence, and depended for their survival, on the imperial camp.
During the seventeenth century about 15 per cent of the population lived in towns. This was, on average, higher than the proportion of urban population in Western Europe in the same period (Assertion). In spite of this BERNIER described Mughal cities as “camp towns”, by which he meant towns that owed their existence, and depended for their survival, on the imperial camp (REASON). He believed that these came into existence when the imperial court moved in and rapidly declined when it moved out. He suggested that they did not have viable social and economic foundations but were dependent on imperial patronage.