Q. Consider the following Assertion and Reasons based statements:

1. Assertion (A): Federalism helps countries to remain united even if the country has enormous cultural diversities within the country.
2. Reason (R): All the countries that had to see a division of the country were not federations.

Which of the above is / are correct?
Answer: A is correct but R is incorrect
Notes: A is correct but R is incorrect. It is true that the federalism helps countries to remain united even the country has enormous cultural diversites within the country. But the reason is incorrect as almost all the countries that had to see a division of the country were federalist to some extent. Thus, d is the correct answer.

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