Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct options:
Assertion (A): Gothic Revival buildings in colonial India often employed pointed arches and ribbed vaults.
Reason (R): These elements were unknown in traditional European cathedrals.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. A is true, but R is false.
Assertion (A) is correct because Gothic Revival architecture, widely used by the British in India (e.g., Victoria Terminus), is defined by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses. These features allowed for taller, more skeletal structures. However, Reason (R) is false; far from being "unknown," these elements were the very foundation of traditional European medieval cathedrals from the 12th century onwards. The 19th-century "Revival" simply brought these historical European styles back into fashion for colonial institutional buildings.