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Consider the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Which of the following statements is correct? Assertion (A): The Indian Independence Act of 1947 provided for the complete lapse of British paramountcy over the princely states, leaving them legally free to join either India or Pakistan or remain independent. Reason (R): This was a deliberate British strategy to create a 'Balkanized' and politically unstable South Asia, which would remain dependent on British economic and military influence.
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- 1A is false but R is true
- 2Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- 3Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- 4A is true but R is false✓
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A is true but R is false
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