History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET December 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): Slavery was an institution that had long existed both in south and north India.
Reason (R): The Lekhapaddhati mentions that slaves could not be obtained by capture in military raids and free persons could not offer themselves for slavery out of destitution.
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.
★Slavery was indeed an old institution in both south and north India.
★So the assertion is true.
★But the Lekhapaddhati does not deny these sources of slaves.
★In fact slaves could be obtained by capture in military raids.
★Free persons could also offer themselves for slavery out of destitution, so the reason is false.
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