Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Assertion (A): Gandhi withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement immediately after the Chauri Chaura incident because he feared that the struggle could become generally violent.

Reason (R): He believed that the people had not fully understood non-violence and that violent incidents would give the colonial state a justification for armed repression.

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