Question

The following question consists of two statements, one labelled as 'Assertion' and the other as  'Reason'. Read both the statements carefully and answer using the codes given below.

Assertion (A): The framers of the Indian Constitution were keen to preserve the democratic value to which Indians had attached the highest importance in their struggle for freedom.
Reason (R): The Constitution describes India as a Union of States, thereby implying the indestructible nature of its unity.

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, but (R) is true 

Answer 1

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