Discussion
Assertion (A) : Senior citizens have served the nation throughout their working lives, now they are entitled to be maintained by the State.
Reason (R) : The State is Welfare State.
Answer: A
Both the Assertion and the Reason are true and the Reason explains the Assertion. Senior citizens have given their working lives to the nation, and Article 41 of the Directive Principles directs the State to make effective provision for public assistance in old age, which is carried further by the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.
The State is a welfare State, as the Constitution sets out in its Preamble and Directive Principles, and that is why it owes such maintenance to old people, so the Reason accounts for the Assertion.
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