Assertion (A): The British sovereignty continued to exist in free India. Reason (R): The British sovereign appointed the last Governor General of free India. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
- ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- BBoth A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
- CA is true but R is false
- DA is false but R is trueCorrect
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