Assertion (A): Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country in 1946.

Reason (R): The leaders of the Sinhala community sought to secure a government by virtue of their majority.

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true.

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

The assertion is false, but the reason is true.
Statement A is incorrect because the island nation of Sri Lanka gained its independence from the British in 1948. It had experienced long years of colonial rule before that. However, the statement R is true. Soon after the country gained independence and established a democratic government, the Sinhala leaders tried to take advantage of their numerical majority. They dominated the government and introduced majoritarian policies to establish Sinhala supremacy. They successfully pressured the government to declare Sinhala as the only official language and preferred Sinhala candidates for government jobs and university positions.

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