In the questions given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Read the statements and choose the correct option: Options are:
(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 correct but (R) is wrong.
(d) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
Assertion (A): Foreign goods were boycotted, liquor shops picketed, and foreign cloth burnt in huge bonfires.
Reason (R): Students and teachers began trickling back to government schools and lawyers joined back work in government courts.
Answer:
Foreign goods were boycotted , liquor shops picketed , and foreign cloth burnt in huge bonfires. Boycott of British institutions posed a problem. Alternative Indian institutions had to be set up so that they could be used in place of the British ones , for the movement to be successful. Students and teachers began trickling back to the government schools and lawyers joined back work in government courts .
Therefore,
- Foreign goods were boycotted , liquor shops picketed , and foreign cloth burnt in huge bonfires .
- Students and teachers began trickling back to government schools and lawyers joined back work in government courts .
Thus,
- Assertion is true .
- Reason is false .
- And, reasoning is the incorrect explanation of assertion.
So, the correct answer is (c).
