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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): Assertion (A): The Indian indentured labor system was officially introduced in 1834 to recruit workers under contract for sugarcane plantations in British colonies. Reason (R): The primary operational purpose of the British administration for introducing the indentured system was to provide benevolent relief from poverty and famines in 19th-century India. In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct?
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- 1Both (A) and (R) are false
- 2(A) is true but (R) is false✓
- 3Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
- 4Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
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(A) is true but (R) is false
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