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

Assertion: The first few years of independent India were full of challenges.
Reason: There were various problems like displacement of the local population, integration of princely states, and redrawing of the internal boundaries.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The correct answer is Option 1 - Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The reason directly explains why the first few years of independence would have been challenging. These issues would have required a lot of resources and focus from the newly formed government. So, option 1 is the correct answer.

The first few years in the life of independent India were full of challenges. Some of the major issues at that time was-

• Freedom came with Partition, which resulted in large-scale violence and displacement and challenged the very idea of a secular India.

• The integration of the princely states into the Indian union needed urgent resolution.

• The internal boundaries of the country needed to be drawn afresh to meet the aspirations of the people who spoke different languages.