Consider the following Assertion-Reason in the context of Delhi Sultanate:
Assertion (A): Balban could not raise the numerical strength of the army to the level which it reached later in the region of Ala-ud-din Khalji.
Reason (R): He insisted upon high birth as an essential qualification for appointment to higher civil and military posts.
Choose the correct option from the given alternatives:
1
(A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
2
(A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
3
(A) is correct but ‘Reason’ (R) is wrong.
4
(A) is wrong, but (R) is correct