Consider the following statements:

Assertion (A): The Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 were the third such elections in the last decade.

Reason (R): The J&K Assembly Elections 2024 were the first elections since 1947 with reserved seats for SCs and STs.

Choose the correct answer:

Assertion (A): The Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 were the third such elections in the last decade.

Incorrect: In the last decade (2014–2024), there has only been one previous assembly election, which took place in 2014. The 2024 elections were held after a gap of 10 years (a decade), making them the second, not the third, such elections in that specific timeframe.

Reason (R): The J&K Assembly Elections 2024 were the first elections since 1947 with reserved seats for SCs and STs.

True: This is factually correct. Following the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 and the subsequent delimitation process completed in 2022, seats were reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs) for the first time in the history of the J&K Assembly (9 seats). While Scheduled Castes (SCs) previously had reservation (7 seats), the 2024 election is historically significant for being the first to implement ST reservations and the first under the new Union Territory framework.

Conclusion

Since the Assertion is false and the Reason is true, the correct answer is:

C) A is false but R is true

Key Takeaways for the 2024 Elections:

Total Seats: 90 (47 in Kashmir, 43 in Jammu).

Reservation: 7 seats for SCs and 9 seats for STs.

Timeline: These were the first assembly elections since the abrogation of Article 370.

Last Election: The previous one was held in Nov-Dec 2014.