Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Assertion (A): Colonial rule made armed resistance appear to many affected groups as one of the few remaining means of defending their interests.

Reason (R): Colonial law and the judiciary protected the government and collaborating landlords, merchants and moneylenders, while revenue extraction remained the Company’s primary concern.

  1. Both A and R are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. A is correct, but R is incorrect
  4. A is incorrect, but R is correct
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