Assertion(A): In Victorian Britain, the upper classes—the aristocrats and the bourgeoisie—prefer things produced by hand.

Reason(R): Machine goods were mass produced and were easily available.

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

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

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

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

answer is B.

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The upper class was divided into three sections during Queen Victoria's reign (1837–1901): the royals; those with a royal connection, the middle-upper group, which included notable officers and lords; and the lower upper group, which included affluent men and business owners. All of these classes lived in luxury in comparison to the labouring class. The aristocracy and the bourgeoisie of Victorian Britain prized handcrafted objects for the following reasons.
The method of producing goods in large quantities at a low cost per unit is known as mass production. Mass production of a product frequently involves the use of numerous automated machines that perform a series of short, repetitive tasks; therefore machine goods are easily available.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

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