Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Assertion (A):One of the objectives of higher education is to promote critical and creative thinking abilities in students.

Reason (R):Critical and creative thinking abilities are developed by rote learning.

ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

BBoth A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A

CA is correct but R is not correct ✓ Correct

DA is not correct but R is correct

Correct answer: (C) A is correct but R is not correct

Explanation

Promoting critical and creative thinking in students is genuinely one of the recognised aims of higher education.

Higher education seeks to build reasoning, judgement and original thought rather than mere recall.

The reason is not correct because critical and creative thinking are not developed by rote learning.

Rote memorisation reproduces information without fostering analysis or originality.

Since the reason misstates how such thinking grows, it cannot explain the assertion.

Inquiry, problem-solving and discussion are the methods that actually nurture these abilities.

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