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Social Science · 2026 · 1 mark
CBSE 2026 · Region 3 · Set 1 · Q2
Two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are given below. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct option: Assertion…
Two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are given below. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct option :
Assertion (A) : The Portuguese and Spanish conquest and colonisation of America was decisively under way by the mid-sixteenth century.
Reason (R) : The Spanish conquerors had the most powerful conventional weapons.
Official answer
(C)
Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
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