Political Science · Indian Political Thought
Read the assertion and reason and select the correct option from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): According to the Agganna Sutta, kingship was man-made, not created by God as held in Hindu tradition where kingship is God-made.
Reason (R): The origin of the state is a quasi-contractual arrangement under which the king agrees to perform specific functions for the people in return for certain rights, including taxation.
A(A) is true, but (R) is false
BBoth (A) and (R) are false
C(A) is false, but (R) is true
DBoth (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) — Both statements are true and the reason correctly explains the assertion.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason correctly explains the assertion.
★The Agganna Sutta gives a Buddhist, naturalistic account of the rise of kingship.
★People, troubled by disorder, chose one among them to maintain order.
★This Great Elect, the Mahasammata, ruled by the consent of the people.
★In return for protecting them he received a share of grain as a kind of tax.
★This quasi-contract is exactly why kingship is man-made, not God-given.
★So the reason explains the assertion's claim that kingship is a human arrangement.
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