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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The British sovereignty continued to exist in free India. Reason (R): The British sovereign appointment the last Governor General of free India. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct? Code

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) (A) is true, but (R) is false (A) is false, but (R) is true Correct

Explanation

Let us keep Assertion-Reason simple. In Partition of India and Independence, the right combination here is (A) is false, but (R) is true. First ask, is Assertion true? Then, is Reason true? Then, does Reason explain Assertion? When you answer those three, you get (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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