Question

Assertion (A): Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru killed James Scott on 17 December, 1927.

Reason (R): Lala Lajpat Rai protested against the Simon Commission and succumbed to injuries received from the police beating protestors.

Choose the correct answer:

• A. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
• B. Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A
• C. If A is true but R is false
• D. A is false but R is true

Answer 1

The correct option is D A is false but R is true

Lala Lajpat Rai succumbed to injuries suffered during the lathi charge in Lahore. When the news reached young revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru, they decided to kill the police chief responsible for the end of Lala Lajpat Rai. However, they ended up killing the Assistant Superintendent of Police, John Saunders, on 17 December 1927, instead of James Scott.