. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion
(A) and the other labeled as Reason (R)
Assertion (A): In India, the political parties which formed
the governments represented the majority of seats secured in
the elections to the House of the People at the Centre and
the Legislative Assemblies in the States but not the
majority of votes.
Reason (R): The elections based on the majority-vote-system
decide the result on the basis of relative majority of votes
secured
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the
following is correct?
(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 a correct
explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
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