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Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Choose the correct option.

Assertion (A):According to Mark Twain, India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great-grandmother of tradition, and our most valuable and instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.

Reason (R):Rishis chanted pious mantras for peace and progress in society, and the Vedas, also called shrutis, created an ecosystem carried forward to ancient universities, so that India created a great heritage and society.

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

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

CA is correct but R is not correct

DA is not correct but R is correct

Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

Explanation

The assertion faithfully records Mark Twain's tribute to India as the cradle of the human race, the mother of history and the grandmother of legend.

This praise reflects a long celebrated view of India's antiquity and cultural depth.

The reason recounts how sages chanted mantras for peace and how the Vedas, the shrutis, seeded a tradition carried into the ancient universities.

This description of Vedic learning is historically sound and true in itself.

The very heritage the reason describes is what earned India the tribute the assertion quotes, making the reason its correct explanation.

That living tradition later flowered in seats of learning such as Takshashila and Nalanda.

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