Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Most of the early nationalists considered British rule as an act of providence destined to bring modernisation.
Reason (R): They complained only against "Un-British rule" in India.

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

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

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

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

This MCQ is part of the UP PSC Previous Year Questions (PYQs) series, focusing on UPPSC Prelims 2024 (GS Paper I)