Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET July 2016 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): The issue of decentralization is more complex in concept and practice than is generally acknowledged.
Reason (R): Reason (R): The dual-role approach to decentralization is a kind of rehearsal of the area-function dichotomy in a new setting.
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.
★Decentralization is genuinely complex, since it spreads authority and raises problems of overlap and shared responsibility, so the assertion is true.
★The reason is also true: the dual-role approach does revive the old area-versus-function dichotomy in a new form.
★The area-function dichotomy is the long-standing tension between organising administration by territory or by function.
★But pointing to that single rehearsal does not capture the full range of difficulties that make decentralization complex.
★So the reason states one true aspect without explaining the broad complexity asserted in A.
★Hence both statements are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
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