History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET November 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): The theory of social Darwinism argued that societies, like other species, are subject to the law of natural selection.
Reason (R): Societies the world over have failed to adapt to the circumstances as they have progressed.
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
CA is true, but R is false ✓ Correct
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (C) A is true, but R is false — The assertion is true but the reason is false, so the answer is A true but R false.
Explanation
★The assertion is true but the reason is false, so the answer is A true but R false.
★Social Darwinism did argue that societies, like other species, are subject to natural selection.
★So the assertion is true.
★But it is not correct that societies the world over have failed to adapt as they progressed.
★The theory in fact held that societies do adapt and the fittest survive.
★So the reason is false.
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