History & Civics
(A) The Cholas established local self-government in villages.
(R) The 'ur' was the local assembly, with all the villagers as members.
- (R) contradicts (A)
- (R) is the reason for (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false
- (A) and (R) are independent of each other
Answer
(R) is the reason for (A)
Explanation — Assertion (A) is true because the Cholas developed a strong system of local self-government in villages through village assemblies. Reason (R) is also true because the 'ur' was the village assembly in which the villagers were members and took decisions about local administration. Since the existence of the ur (a local assembly run by villagers) shows local administration at the village level, (R) correctly explains (A).
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