Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion (A): It was within the political and cultural framework that Bharatendu Harishchandra created and developed his own brand of nationalist thinking and writing.
Reason (R): Being a subject of the British Raj, Bharatendu Harishchandra saw no contradiction in the co-existence of loyalty to the rulers and fierce patriotism.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
3
(A) is true but (R) is false
4
(A) is false but (R) is true