Question

Assertion :During eighteenth century France witnessed the emergence of a middle class. Reason: The emergence of the middle class happened on account of royal patronage.

• A. A is true, R is false.
• B. A is false, R is true.
• C. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
• D. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explaination of A.

Answer 1

The correct option is A A is true, R is false.

The eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of social groups, termed the middle class, who earned their wealth through an expanding overseas trade and from the manufacture of goods such as woollen and silk textiles that were either exported or bought by the richer members of society.