Question

Select the option that shows the correct relationship between Statements (I) and (II).

(I) Gandhiji led the mill-workers of Ahmedabad in a strike against the mill-owners for not paying higher wages to the workers.

(II) The peasants at Kheda in Gujarat refused to pay the land revenue because of crop failure.

Options

• (II) contradicts (I).

• (II) is the reason for (I).

• (I) is true, but (II) is false.

• (I) and (II) are independent of each other.

Answer 1

(I) and (II) are independent of each other.

Explanation:

Both (I) and (II) are true. Gandhi led the Ahmedabad mill-workers’ strike, and Kheda peasants refused revenue after crop failure, but the Kheda action did not cause the Ahmedabad strike.