Question

Statement 1: Assertive Nationalists did not believe in passive nationalist actions.

Statement 2: The defeat of Italian forces by the Abyssinians, the Boer War, and the Irish Home Rule agitation broke the myth of European invincibility.

• A. Both statements are correct and related.
• B. Statement 1 is correct but Statement 2 is incorrect.
• C. Statement 1 is incorrect but Statement 2 is correct.
• D. Both statements are incorrect and unrelated.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Both statements are correct and related.

The INC consisted of two factions: The Radicals and Moderates. The Radicals after the Bengal Partition were unhappy with the passive nationalist approach of the Moderates and took a radical approach leading to the Swadeshi and British boycott movements. Assertive/Radical Nationalism was influenced by events like the Russo-Japanese War, the Boer War, and the Home Rule Agitation. These conflicts convinced Assertive leaders that passive methods could not dismantle the Empire, and they demanded complete independence.