Assertion – Reason Questions.The following questions consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these questions selecting the appropriate option given below. (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. © A is true but R is false. (d) A is false but R is true.1. Assertion (A): During the years following 1818, the fear of repression drove many liberal nationalists underground. Reason (R): Secret Societies sprang up in many European states to train revolutionaries and spread their ideas.2. Assertion (A): The development of nationalism did not come about only through wars and territorial expansion. Reason (R): Culture played an important role in creating the idea of the nation: art and poetry, stories and music helped express and shape nationalist feelings.3.. Assertion (A): The 1830s were years of great economic hardship in Europe. Reason (R): National Assembly proclaimed a Republic, granted suffrage to all adult males above 21, and guaranteed the right to work.4. Assertion (A): Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organised Dalits into the Depressed Classes, Association in 1940. Reason (R): He clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second Round Table Conference by demanding separate electorate for the Dalits.5. Assertion (A): Ideas of nationalism also developed through a movement to revive Indian folklore. Reason (R): In late-seventeenth-century India, nationalists began recording folk tales sung by bards and they toured villagers to gather folk songs and legends.6. Assertion (A): Power sharing is good for democracy. Reason (R): It helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups.7. Assertion (A): Our Constitution did not give the status of national language to any one language. Reason (R): Restructuring the Centre-State relations is more way in which federalism has been strengthened in practice.8. Assertion (A): In some countries, power usually changes between two main parties. Reason; (R): In India there were three such major alliances in 2004 parliamentary elections-the National Democratic Alliance, the United Progressive Alliance and the Left Front.9.Assertion(A): Democracies are based on political equality. Reason (R): All Individuals have equal weight in electing representatives.10. Assertion (A): It is necessary to understand that democracy is not simply rule by minority opinion. Reason (R): The majority always needs to work with the minority so that governments function to represent the general view. ​