In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: In the 1840s the relationship between the sepoys and their superior white officers became more friendly.

Reason: The officers developed a sense of superiority and started treating the sepoys as their racial inferiors.

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

In the 1820s, white officers made it a point to maintain friendly relations with the sepoys. 

In the 1840s, this began to change. The officers developed a sense of superiority and started treating the sepoys as their racial inferiors, riding roughshod over their sensibilities. Abuse and physical violence became common and thus the distance between sepoys and officers grew. Trust was replaced by suspicion.