Given below are two statements, one is labelled asAssertion (A) :and the other as Reason (R).Assertion (A):In 1946, the Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan.Reason (R):The Muslim League joined the interim government formed in 1946.Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

1. A

   Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

   (a) Both true and (R) explains (A). The League did withdraw Cabinet Mission acceptance after Nehru’s July 1946 remarks, and it later joined the interim government, but joining does not explain the withdrawal. Causal pairing is not the key.

2. B

   Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

   (b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). Withdrawal (July 1946, then Direct Action) and later entry into the interim cabinet (October 1946) are both historical, yet the second does not cause the first. That stored split is the official key.

3. C

   (A) is true, but (R) is false.

   (c) (A) true, (R) false. The Muslim League did take the finance portfolio under Liaquat Ali Khan in the 1946 interim government, so (R) is not false.

4. D

   (A) is false, but (R) is true.

   (d) (A) false, (R) true. The League did withdraw its June 1946 acceptance; (A) is not false.

Summary. Official key is (b) Both true, (R) not the explanation. Cabinet Mission acceptance was withdrawn in July 1946; the League still entered the interim government in October. Reason does not explain assertion. Neighbouring dates are 16 August Direct Action and 2 September Nehru cabinet. Honour the stored non-explanatory pairing.