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UPPSC Prelims 2019GS-IQ. 22 of 219
Q. 221 markMedium
UPPSC Prelims 2019·GS-I
Assertion (A): The Asiatic Society of Bengal was established in the period of Warren Hastings and he declined the offer of its Presidentship in favour of Sir William Jones. Reason (R): Warren Hastings was himself a great scholar and an orientalist who encouraged the study of Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic. Select the correct answer from the codes 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)
(c)(A) is true, but (R) is false
(d)(A) is false, but (R) is true