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Q.

Assertion(A): The Portuguese and Spanish conquest and colonisation of Antarctica was decisively under way by the mid-sixteenth century.


Reason(R): The Spanish conquerors used firearms for their conquest of America.


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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 the correct explanation of (A)

c

(A) is true but (R) is false

d

(A) is false but (R) is true 

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

The Spanish conquest and colonisation of America were well underway by the mid-sixteenth century. The Spanish conquerors won America not with conventional weapons but with germs like smallpox that were spread throughout the region. The original inhabitants of America lacked immunity to these European diseases. Smallpox was an extremely lethal weapon. It had spread throughout the continent before any European could reach it. It wiped out entire communities, leading to conquest. This biological warfare enabled the Spanish to easily defeat the Americans in the mid-sixteenth century. The conquest of Europe was not the result of superior firepower. The most powerful weapon of the Spanish conquerors was not a conventional military weapon, but they carried germs of smallpox on themselves. Thus, the Assertion is true, but the Reason is false.
 
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