Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET November 2021 Political Science
Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R). In light of the statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Assertion (A): India is illustrative of a 'holding together federation' due to circumstances in which the centre agreed to 'devolve' power for holding the federal units together.
Reason (R): This asymmetry of power division, along with an era of coalitions and weaker governments at the centre, led to the assertion of a demand for autonomy by states.
AA is false, but R is true
BA is true, but R is false
CBoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
DBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A — Both the assertion and the reason are true, but the reason does not correctly explain the assertion.
Explanation
★Both the assertion and the reason are true, but the reason does not correctly explain the assertion.
★India is a holding together federation, in which the centre devolved power to integrate diverse provinces and princely states at independence.
★Full autonomy was not granted, in order to prevent secession, which created a centralised federal system.
★Over time the rise of regional parties and coalition governments strengthened the states and fuelled demands for greater autonomy.
★This later demand for autonomy is a separate development and does not explain why India was originally designed as a holding together federation.
★The holding together character flows from Article 3, which lets Parliament form and reorganise states.
★For NET, treat the holding together design and the later autonomy demands as distinct points.
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