Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Assertion (A): The August Declaration of 1917 represented an advance over the position associated with the Morley-Minto Reforms, yet remained inadequate from the Indian nationalist perspective.

Reason (R): It recognized responsible government as a policy objective but provided no timetable and allowed the British government to control the nature and pace of constitutional advance.

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