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Social Science · 2026 · 1 mark
CBSE 2026 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q20
Two statements are given below. They are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct option :
Assertion (A) : The civil war in Sri Lanka resulted due to failure of political accommodation of ethnicity.
Reason (R) : The distrust between the Sinhala and Tamil communities turned into widespread conflict in Sri Lanka.
Official answer
From CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper.
(A)
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
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