Directions: The following seven (7) items consist of two statements: one labelled as the 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below: (a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A; (b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A; (c) A is true but R is false; (d) A is false but R is true. 59.
- ABoth A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- BBoth A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- CA is true but R is false
- DA is false but R is true
Explanation
The Assertion is false: Aurangzeb died on 3 March 1707 without releasing Shahu; it was his successor Azam Shah who released Shahu in May 1707. The Reason is true: Zulfiqar Khan advised that Shahu's return would divide the Marathas and thereby check their plundering of imperial territories. Hence A is false but R is true.