Discussion
Assertion (A) : Legitimacy is the right and acceptance of an authority usually a governing law or a regime.
Reason (R) : Authority denotes specific position in an established government.
Answer: B
The key reads: both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
The Assertion describes legitimacy correctly: it is the acceptance by the governed that an authority, usually a government, law or regime, has the right to rule, so that its commands are obeyed willingly rather than only out of fear.
The Reason is also accepted as true: authority refers to a recognised position within an established system of government that carries the right to command. But it describes authority, not why legitimacy means acceptance; legitimacy is what turns power into authority. So R does not explain A, which rules out the first option and those calling either statement false.
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