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UGC NET December 2013 History
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below.
Assertion (A): The Turks did not use the Hindu style of representing human and animal figures on their buildings.
Reason (R): They used geometrical and floral designs and panels of inscriptions containing verses from the Quran.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
★The Turks avoided showing living human and animal figures on their buildings.
★This followed the Islamic dislike of depicting living beings in religious art.
★Instead they decorated buildings with geometrical and floral patterns.
★They also used panels of fine writing bearing verses from the Quran.
★This use of non-figural design is exactly why they avoided the Hindu style.
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