Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A: Following the 1857 Revolt, the British military administration implemented a systematic demographic transformation of the Indian Army by prioritizing recruitment from 'martial races' such as the Sikhs and Gurkhas. Reason R: The primary strategic objective for this demographic shift was to permanently dismantle the high-caste Brahmin-Rajput coalition of the Bengal Army, which the colonial state identified as the primary catalyst of the mutiny. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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History · Reorganization of Indian Army Post-1857

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Answer 1

A is not correct but R is correct

Answer 2

A is correct but R is not correct

Answer 3

Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

Answer 4

Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

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