Assertion (A): The new reading culture was accompanied by new technology.

Reason (R): From hand printing, there was a gradual shift to mechanical printing.

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

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

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

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

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
This was when the print culture got introduced in China, and as the new readership, which consisted of rich women from upper-class households as well as the rise of new educated classes, came there. This also led to a demand for a new type of printed text. The need for prose, poetries, and autobiographies also gradually rose. The new class wanted the printing culture to adhere to their needs, like fictional texts. Therefore, there came a shift from traditional wooden hand block printing to new machine printing. This came as a result of the process of involvement of the Western Countries around China. Now, there came the dawn of new printing culture in China, with fast mechanized printing catering to the demands of the new readership.

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