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Correct Answer: Option (A) — Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A
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Standard Reference VerifiedAssertion (A) is true: Linlithgow officially communicated to Churchill that the August Movement of 1942 was the most serious uprising since 1857. Reason (R) is true: Peasants engaged in widespread direct action—cutting communications, attacking police stations, and establishing parallel governments across several regions like Bihar, UP, and Midnapore. This unprecedented scale of rural upsurge explains Linlithgow's assessment.
The question repeats a recurring UPSC theme linking Linlithgow's assessment to the mass rural/peasant revolt during Quit India.
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