. Assertion (A): During the years following 1818, the fear of repression drove many liberal nationalists underground. Reason (R): Secret Societies sprang up in many European states to train revolutionaries and spread their ideas.

(a)If both assertion and reason
are true and reason isthe correct
explanation of assertion
(b)If both assertion and reason
are true but reason isnot the
correct explanation of assertion.
(c)If assertion is true but reason
is false.
(D)If both assertion and reason
are false