Q133. Assertion (A):According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal. Reason (R): Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.

Assertion (A): The Congress rejected the Cripps proposals. Reason (R): The Cripps Mission consisted solely of whites. (a) Both A and R are true but R is the cor

Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939. Reason (R): The Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to de

Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922. Reason (R): Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the movement.

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): British sovereignty continued to exist in fre

Assertion (A): Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an end the moderates’ role in the Indian freedom movement. Reason (R): The Surat session of Indian Nationa

Assertion (A): The first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was rejected in 1911. Reason (R): Discontent would have increased if every cult

Assertion (A): Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement of 1942 as the most serious rebellion since Sepoy Mutiny. Reason (R): There was massive upsurge of

Assertion (A): At first, the Turkish administration in India was essentially military. Reason (R): The country was parcelled out as ‘Iqtas’ among leading milita

Assertion (A): The Khilafat movement did bring the urban Muslims into the fold of the National Movement. Reason (R): There was a predominant element of anti–imp

DIRECTION: The following items consist of two statements, one labelled as ‘Assertion A’ and the other labelled as ‘Reason R’, You are to examine these two state

Assertion (A): During the time of Akbar, for every ten cavalrymen, the mansabdars had to maintain twenty horses. Reason (R): Horses had to be rested while on ma

Assertion (A): The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930s was weak. Reason (R): The labour leaders considered the i

Assertion (A): Harshavardhana convened the Prayag Assembly. Reason (R): He wanted to popularize only the Mahayana form of Buddhism.

Assertion (A): The Council of Ministers in the Union of India is collectively responsible both to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Reason (R): The Members of both

Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): The basic weakness of the early nationalist movement lay in its narrow social base. Reason (R): It was fought

Assertion (A): Ashoka annexed Kalinga to the Mauryan Empire. Reason (R): Kalinga controlled the land and sea routes to South India.

Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): In 1916, Maulana Mohammad Ali and Abul Kalam Azad resigned from the Legislative Council. Reason (R): The Rowla

Assertion (A) : Eastern coast of India produces more rice than the western coast. Reason (R) : Eastern coast receives more rainfall than the western coast.

The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of:

Assertion (A): The Marathas emerged as the strongest native power in India after the decline of the Mughal Empire. Reason (R): Marathas were the first to have a

Assertion (A): According to Ashoka’s edicts, social harmony among the people was more important than religious devotion. Reason (R): He spread ideas of equity i

Assertion (A): During the reign of Shahjahan, Dara Sikoh was sent on expedition to Balkh, Badakhshan and Qandahar. Reason (R): The expedition sent by Shahjahan

Direction: The following item consists of two statements. One labeled the ‘Assertion A’ and the other as ‘Reason R’ You are to examine these two statements care

In the ‘Individual Satyagraha’, Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi. Who was the second?

Consider the following statements: The Cripps Proposals include the provision for 1. Full independence for India. 2. Creation of constitution-making b

During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in:

Who of the following Prime Ministers sent the Cripps Mission to India?

Who suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy Executive Council in which all the Portfolios including that of War Members were to be held by the Ind

Which Portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in 1946?

Consider the following statements: On the eve of launch of Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi: 1. asked the government servants to resign. 2. asked t

In which one of the following provinces was a Congress ministry not formed under the Act of 1935?