Question

Assertion (A): Images and symbols were used in eighteenth-century France.
Reason (R): The majority of men and women in eighteenth-century
France were educated.
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 1

Answer:

correct answer will be option c A is true but R is false

Answer 2

The answer is c) A is true but R is false.

• In the eighteenth century France, men and women were not much educated.
• The literacy rate was very low.
• Men and women could not read and write, hence the symbols and images were used.
• Images and symbols were therefore an important way to communicate.
• The Declaration of Rights was typically communicated via pictures and symbols rather than written words.
• Slaves were restrained with the broken chains. It represents the process of gaining freedom.
• Fasces, or a bundle of rods, were used to symbolise how power comes from working together.
• Knowledge is symbolised by an eye inside of a triangle that is radiating light.
• The sceptre represented regal authority.

Hence, the answer is C because the majority of men and women in France in eighteenth century were not educated while assertion is true that symbols and images were used.

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