UGC NET History Q1

Question

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R:
Assertion A: The village and district officers in Dharwar district were Kannada.
Reason R: Dharwar district in the pre-colonial era was ruled by the Peshwa.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Accepted Answer

is not correct but R is correct.