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

Q – 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.

Code:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(d) Both (A) and (R) are false.

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Ans. (b)

Explanation – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) both are correct. India is a democratic country in which important decisions of governance are taken by the elected representatives of the people. India has a written constitution.
However the United Kingdom being a democratic country does not have a written constitution on the contrary non-democratic countries do have some form of constitution to manoeuvre the functioning of the Government.

Written vs. Unwritten Constitution Constitution may be written like the U.S. Constitution or unwritten and based on conventions like the British. Our Constitution is written even though convention also play a part as they are in keeping with the Constitution. Source : Our Constitution – Subhash C. Kashyap.