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Assertion (A): India is a secular state.
Reason (R): Secularism dictates that there is no official religion of the state.

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Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
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Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
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A is true but R is false.
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A is false but R is true.
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The correct option is A Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Secularism is an ideology that says religion should not be involved with the ordinary social and political activities of a country. It dictates that there is no official religion of the state. The Preamble to the Constitution asserts that India is a secular state.

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