Question 2 - Assertion Reasoning - Chapter 2 Class 9 History - Socialism in Europe & Russian Revolution - History

In the questions given below, there are two  statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason  (R). Read the statements and chose the correct  option:  

Assertion (A): The Russian Social Democratic  Workers Party had to operate as an illegal  organisation.  

Reason (R): All political parties were illegal in  Russia before 1914. 

(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. 

Answer:

So, the correct option is (a) - Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Explanation

• Assertion (A) - The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party had to operate as an illegal organisation because all the political parties were illegal in Russia before 1914. Thus, Assertion (A) is true.
• Reasoning (R) - All political parties were illegal in Russia before 1914 which is correct. Thus, the reasoning (R) is true.
• The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was founded in 1898 by socialists who respected Marx’s ideas . It had to operate as an illegal organisation because of government policing . It set up a newspaper , mobilised workers and organised strikes . Thus assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).

Thus,

• Assertion is true
• Reasoning is true
• And, Reasoning is the correct explanation of assertion.

So the correct answer is (a) .