Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Assertion (A):Gandhiji's papers published many advertisements.

Reason (R):They enjoyed wide circulation.

ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

BBoth A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A

CA is correct but R is not correct

DA is not correct but R is correct ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) A is not correct but R is correct

Explanation

Gandhiji's papers did not carry many advertisements, and the first statement is not correct.

Titles like Young India and Harijan were kept deliberately free of advertising to guard their independence.

Gandhi did not want commercial pressure shaping the views his papers expressed.

The reason, that his papers enjoyed wide circulation, is true on its own.

His journals reached a large and devoted readership across the country.

Since the papers avoided advertisements yet still circulated widely, the true reason cannot explain the false assertion.

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