History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET June 2023 History (Shift-I)
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Assertion (A): Ahilyabai Holkar developed Indore from a small village to a prosperous and beautiful city.
Reason (R): Ahilyabai Holkar provided help to widows in keeping their husbands' wealth, rather than surrendering it to the state or to greedy relatives or managers.
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 ✓ Correct
CA is true but R is false
DA is false but R is true
Correct answer: (B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A — Both are true but R does not explain A, so the answer is both true with R not explaining A.
Explanation
★Both are true but R does not explain A, so the answer is both true with R not explaining A.
★Ahilyabai Holkar developed Indore from a small village to a prosperous and beautiful city.
★She also helped widows keep their husbands' wealth rather than surrendering it to the state or greedy relatives.
★However, her welfare measures for widows do not explain the urban development of Indore.
★Ahilyabai was a queen of the Maratha empire who established Maheshwar as the seat of the Holkar dynasty.
★So both statements are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
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