History · Rise of Indian Nationalism
UGC NET July 2018 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): In the end, the Enlightenment brought the world of Europe into the modern era.
Reason (R): The Scientific Revolution of the 17th century had created the basic intellectual milieu in which the Enlightenment was born.
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 Enlightenment did bring the world of Europe into the modern era.
★So the assertion is true.
★The Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century created the intellectual milieu for it.
★The new faith in reason and observation grew from that revolution.
★So the Scientific Revolution explains how the Enlightenment was born and led Europe into modernity.
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