Question

(A): After the violent incident at Chauri Chaura, Gandhiji withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement in February 1922.

(R): Gandhiji believed that the cause for the Non-Cooperation Movement will prosper by this retreat.

Options

• (R) contradicts (A).

• (R) is the reason for (A).

• (A) is true but (R) is false.

• (A) and (R) are independent of each other.

Answer 1

(R) is the reason for (A).

Explanation:

After the violent incident at Chauri Chaura in 1922, Gandhiji felt that the movement was turning violent, which was against his principle of non-violence. He believed that withdrawing the movement would protect its moral strength and help the cause succeed in the long run.