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(A) Jainism and Buddhism grew and spread as a reaction against ritualism prevalent in the existing religious practises.
(R) Most of the Vedic literature was composed in Sanskrit and difficult to be understood by the common people.
- (R) contradicts (A)
- (R) is the reason for (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false.
- (A) and (R) are independent of each other.
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(R) is the reason for (A)
Explanation — Most of the Vedic literature was composed in Sanskrit and difficult to be understood by the common people. This led to need of a religion that was easy to understand and follow. Jainism and Buddhism used languages like Prakrit and Pali, which was easily understood by common people.
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