Assertion(A): Tribes are pristine societies uncontaminated by civilisation:……………

These are the options for the question :Assertion(A): Tribes are pristine societies uncontaminated by civilisation: Reason(R): Tribes should really be seen as “secondary” phenomena arising out of the exploitative and colonialist contact between pre-existing states and non-state groups like the tribals.

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 and R is true.

The correct answer is -d.