Question

(A): Gandhiji withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.

(R): An unruly crowd burnt down a police station at Chauri-Chaura in 1922.

Options

• Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

• Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (А).

• (A) is true but (R) is false.

• (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer 1

Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Explanation:

Gandhi suspended the Non-Cooperation Movement on 12 Feb 1922 after the Chauri Chaura incident (5 Feb 1922), when a mob burned the police station and killed policemen, shocking his commitment to ahimsa.