Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Assertion (A): Gandhi’s satyagraha in South Africa expanded beyond a narrowly commercial or professional Indian constituency.

Reason (R): Opposition to the poll tax and the invalidation of non-Christian marriages brought poor ex-indentured labourers and women more directly into the struggle.

  1. Both A and R are correct, but R does not explain A
  2. A is correct, but R is incorrect
  3. Both A and R are correct, and R explains A
  4. A is incorrect, but R is correct
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