Question

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Women were expected to give up their father’s gotra and take up their husband’s gotra after marriage.
Reason (R): Women who married Satavahana rulers retained their father’s gotras instead of adopting names derived from their husband’s gotra name.

पर्याय

• Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

• Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

• (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.

• (R) is correct but (A) is not correct.

Answer 1

Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).