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Indian Polity UPPSC 2008 GS-I
Question

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): There has been a growing demand for review of Centre-State relationship.
Reason (R): The States have no adequate resources to take up developmental projects.

In the light of above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).”.
Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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