History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET December 2019 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): Rajasekhara wrote a drama entitled Balaramayana.
Reason (R): He was the teacher of the Pratihara king Rambhadra.
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.
★Rajasekhara did write a drama entitled Balaramayana, so the assertion is true.
★But he was not the teacher of the Pratihara king Rambhadra, so the reason is false.
★Rajasekhara was a great Sanskrit poet and the court poet of the Gurjara-Pratihara kings.
★He wrote the Kavyamimamsa and the Karpuramanjari in Sauraseni Prakrit.
★So the assertion is true while the reason is false.
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