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Directions: The following question consists of two statements, one labelled as 'Assertion' and the other labelled as 'Reason. You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion and the Reason are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is correct explanation of the Assertion.

Assertion: Balban declared himself the Sultan of Delhi after the death of sultan Nasir ud din Mahmud. Reason: All the male successors of Nasir ud din Mahmud were weak. Select your answer to this question using the codes given below.

  1. If both assertion and reason are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation for statement 1

  2. If both assertion and reason are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation for statement 1

  3. If assertion is true but reason is wrong

  4. If reason is correct but assertion itself is wrong
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Explanation

After the overthrow of Razia Sultana he made rapid strides in the subsequent reigns. He was initially the Prime Minister of Sultan Nasir ud din Mahmud from 1246 to 1266 and married his daughter, but Balban declared himself the Sultan of Delhi after sultan Nasir ud din Mahmud's death because Sultan Nasir ud din Mahmud had no male heir.

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