There are two statements given below about the Print Revolution, marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): The distribution, application, and preservation of knowledge were fundamentally altered with the invention of printing. Reason (R): Printing enabled intellectuals to produce, comment on, and evaluate texts which spread as ideas across Europe.

Assertion (A): The distribution, application, and preservation of knowledge were fundamentally altered with the invention of printing.
Reason (R): Printing enabled intellectuals to produce, comment on, and evaluate texts which spread as ideas across Europe.

(c) Both A and R are true and R explains A.

Explanation:
– Printing revolutionized knowledge distribution, application, and preservation.
– Intellectuals’ ability to create, critique, and circulate texts due to printing facilitated the dissemination of ideas across Europe, validating how printing fundamentally transformed knowledge exchange and preservation.