There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the options given below.

Assertion: After Independence, the India state willing but could not push to push through radical reforms which would have undermined the economic basis for caste inequality due to political compulsions. 
Reasoning: The state assumed that if it operated in a caste-blind manner, this would automatically lead to the undermining of caste based privileges and the eventual abolition of the institution.

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

The correct answer is Option 4: Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Assertion: After Independence, the Indian state was willing but unable to push through radical reforms that would have undermined the economic basis of caste inequality. Incorrect. The statement is incorrect because it omits an important part of the idea. The state was both unable and unwilling to push through radical reforms that would have undermined the economic basis of caste inequality. 

Reason:The state assumed that if it operated in a caste-blind manner, this would automatically lead to the undermining of caste-based privileges and the eventual abolition of the institution. Correct. One of the assumptions of the post-Independence state was that treating citizens without considering caste would gradually weaken caste-based privileges and eventually lead to the abolition of the caste system. This belief shaped policies such as caste-neutral recruitment to government jobs, except for reservations provided to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.