History · Rise of Indian Nationalism
UGC NET December 2014 History
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below.
Assertion (A): The Congress leaders accepted the proposal of India's partition at last.
Reason (R): They felt convinced that this was the only suitable solution left.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
★The Congress leaders did at last accept the partition of India.
★They had long opposed any division of the country.
★But they came to feel that no better way out remained.
★They saw partition as the only suitable solution to the deadlock.
★This conviction is exactly why they accepted the proposal.
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