Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason:

Assertion: Constitutions provide basic rules that prevent states from turning tyrannical.
Reason: All the constitutions also provide violent means to bring about social transformation. 

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

The correct answer is Option 4 - The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Assertion: Constitutions provide basic rules that prevent states from turning tyrannical. (CORRECT)
Reason: All the constitutions also provide violent means to bring about social transformation. (INCORRECT)

Constitutions are not designed to promote violence. They typically advocate for peaceful resolution of conflicts and social change through democratic processes like elections, amendments, judicial review and legislation.

CORRECTION in Reason: Constitutions also provide peaceful, democratic means to bring about social transformation.

One reason for having constitutions is the need to restrict the exercise of power. Modern states are excessively powerful. They are believed to have a monopoly over force and coercion. What if institutions of such states fall into wrong hands who abuse this power? Even if these institutions were created for our safety and well-being, they can easily turn against us. Experience of state power the world over shows that most states are prone to harming the interests of at least some individuals and groups. If so, we need to draw the rules of the game in such a way that this tendency of states is continuously checked. Constitutions provide these basic rules and therefore, prevent states from turning tyrannical. Constitutions also provide peaceful, democratic means to bring about social transformation. Moreover, for a hitherto colonised people, constitutions announce and embody the first real exercise of political self-determination.