History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET December 2014 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): Measures of expansion and centralization continued under Alauddin Khilji's successors.
Reason (R): Bengal was re-annexed in 1324 and the area of direct control was extended almost to the extreme southern point of the Indian peninsula under Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq and Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
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 work of expansion and centralization did go on after Alauddin Khilji.
★His successors in the Tughlaq line carried it further.
★Bengal was brought back under direct rule in 1324.
★Control was pushed almost to the far south of the peninsula.
★These very conquests show that expansion and centralization continued.
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