UPPSC 2017 General Studies I Solved Paper

Question : 106 of 150

Marks: +1, -0

Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
Assertion (A): India is a democratic country.
Reason (R): India has a constitution of its own.
Codes:

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(A) is true but (R) is false.
Both (A) and (R) are false.

Validate

Solution:

(b) India is the largest democracy in the world. It runs on five democratic principles including sovereign,socialist, secular, democratic and republic. It was declared a democratic country after it attained freedom from the colonial rule of the British in 1947. It has its own constitution, which came into effect on

26^{th}

January, 1950. Hence both the facts are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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