RPSC RAS 2013 · Question 42 of 139

Assertion (a) : The primary objective of India's federal design was to weave a nation out of its many diverse parts and protect national integration. Reason (r) : Accommodation of diversities has built a stronger, not weaker, Indian nationhood.

Polity

ABoth (a) and (r) are individually true and (r) is the correct explanation of (a).Correct
BBoth (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.

Answer: A. Both (a) and (r) are individually true and (r) is the correct explanation of (a).

Official RPSC final answer key (2013 re-exam): option A.

Source: RPSC RAS Prelims 2013 (re-exam 31-10-2015), answers per official RPSC final answer key

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RPSC RAS 2013 · Question 42 of 139

Polity

ABoth (a) and (r) are individually true and (r) is the correct explanation of (a).Correct
BBoth (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.

Official RPSC final answer key (2013 re-exam): option A.

Source: RPSC RAS Prelims 2013 (re-exam 31-10-2015), answers per official RPSC final answer key

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