Assertion (A): Female literacy at independence was about 7%.
Reason (R): Overall literacy at independence was above 50%.

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Female literacy was about 7%: A is true.
Overall literacy was below 16%, so R is false.

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Assertion (A): Female literacy at independence was about 7%.Reason (R): Overall literacy at independence was above 50%.

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Assertion (A): Female literacy at independence was about 7%.
Reason (R): Overall literacy at independence was above 50%.