Question

Assertion (A): The moderates of Congress believed that the Britishers were doing no favour by sending Indians to legislative assemblies.

Reason (R): Leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak wanted to gain full control over the legislative assembly.

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

The moderates aimed to function within the power the Britishers had given, but after the partition of Bengal, half of the people realised that the peaceful path might lead to nowhere and the formation of aggressive radical took place. Tilak was a strong thinker of nationalism. He believed that Swaraj is his birthright and he shall have it. The radicals had strong leaders like Lal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai, etc. They firmly believed the Britishers had to give full control of the legislative assembly to Indians someday as it's not ethical in any way.