General Studies · Personnel Administration

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A: In the United States, the spoils system was introduced to establish a merit-based civil service where recruitment and promotion were determined by qualifications and competitive examinations. Reason R: The transition to a merit-based civil service was driven by the fact that the nineteenth-century spoils system often led to inefficiency, corruption, and a lack of professionalism in administration. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: