History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET December 2015 History
Below are two statements: one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Assertion (A): There were many good reasons for avoiding technological innovation or any form of mechanization of Indian manufactures in medieval India. Reason (R): As any innovation implied a measure of risk and some investment of capital, the Indian workman living on the margin of subsistence had hardly any means to undertake it; in such a situation only a limited technological innovation initiated by the state or by the profit-seeking merchant could be expected. Choose the correct code.
A(A) is correct but (R) partly explains (A). ✓ Correct
B(A) is correct and (R) fully explains (A).
C(R) is correct, but (A) is wrong.
D(A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
Correct answer: (A) (A) is correct but (R) partly explains (A). — The assertion is correct and the reason partly explains it, so the answer is the first code.
Explanation
★The assertion is correct and the reason partly explains it, so the answer is the first code.
★There were indeed reasons to avoid mechanization of Indian manufactures.
★The reason about the poor workman is also correct as far as it goes.
★A workman on the margin of subsistence could not invest in new methods.
★But this is only a part of the full explanation of the assertion.
★So the reason partly, not fully, explains the assertion.
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