History · Sources of Modern Indian History
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): Macaulay's Law Commission, whose codes were enacted in the 1860s, marked an end to India being seen as a land of oriental despotism.
Reason (R): Equity and justice were seen to be meted out in place of what was imagined as the despot's dark and solemn justice.
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.
★Macaulay's law codes were enacted in the 1860s as a new uniform system.
★This was held to end the old image of India as a land of oriental despotism.
★The new courts were presented as giving equity and justice to all.
★This replaced the imagined dark and solemn justice of the despot.
★The promise of equal justice is exactly why the old image was said to end.
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