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Indian Polity UPPSC 2017 GS-I
Question

Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer by using the codes given below:

Assertion [A]: India is a democratic country.
Reason [R]: India has a constitution of its own

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct explanation of [A]

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct explanation of [A]”.
India is a democratic country as it has a system of government where power is vested in the people, and they exercise it through representatives elected by them.

However, the existence of a constitution alone does not make a country democratic.

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