Question

Assertion (A): By the 1970s all the major definitions of tribe were shown to be faulty.

Reason (R): It was pointed out that the tribe-peasantry distinctions did not hold in terms of any of the commonly advanced criteria: size, isolation, religion and means of livelihood.

Options

• 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 and R is true

Answer 1

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A