Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET June 2015 Political Science
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Assertion (A): Bureaucracy is an important feature of all democratic governments.
Reason (R): Reason (R): Bureaucracy is an ancient institution.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A — Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A, so the answer is option B.
Explanation
★Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A, so the answer is option B.
★Bureaucracy is central to democratic government because it executes the laws and policies framed by elected representatives.
★Max Weber was among the first to study bureaucracy systematically, describing it as a rational-legal form built on hierarchy, rules and merit.
★The reason is also factually true: bureaucracy is ancient, traceable to record-keeping scribes of Sumer and Egypt long before modern democracy.
★But antiquity does not explain why bureaucracy matters in a democracy, so R is true yet not the cause of A.
★Option A is wrong because it wrongly claims the ancient origin is the explanation for democratic importance.
★Options C and D are wrong because neither statement is false; both are accurate on their own.
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