Question

Assertion: Sanskritisation usually accompanies or follows a rise in the economic status of the caste attempting it.

Reason: Adopting the ritual, domestic and social practices of a caste (or castes) of higher status raises the social status of the members of middle or lower castes.

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.

• Both A and R are false.

• A is true and R is false.

Answer 1

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