History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET January 2017 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 given below.
Assertion (A): Jean de Thevenot, a French traveller, writes that the people of Surat commonly do not drink the water of the Tapti river.
Reason (R): The water of the river was brackish.
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.
★Jean de Thevenot was a French traveller.
★He wrote that the people of Surat did not commonly drink the Tapti water.
★The reason was that the water of the river was brackish.
★So the brackish water explains why they did not drink it.
★Thus the reason correctly explains the assertion.
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