Discussion
Assertion (A) : An ex parte decree may be set aside if the defendant satisfies the court that he was prevented by sufficient cause from appearing when the suit was called for hearing.
Reason (R) : Under Order IX Rule 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the court must be satisfied that the summons was not duly served or that the defendant was prevented by sufficient cause from appearing when the suit was called for hearing.
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Answer: D
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
The Assertion states the ground on which an ex parte decree can be set aside: the defendant was prevented by sufficient cause from appearing when the suit was called on for hearing. The Reason sets out Order IX Rule 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the provision that creates that remedy, under which the court must be satisfied either that the summons was not duly served or that the defendant was prevented by sufficient cause from appearing.
The Assertion is therefore a direct application of the rule in the Reason, and the Reason is why the Assertion is true. The options treating either as false, or the two as unconnected, fail.
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