Question

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

(I) In 1871, Lord Mayo’s government adopted a resolution which made Urdu the medium of instruction for Muslims in primary and secondary schools.

(II) It was an attempt to create a rift between the Hindus and the Muslims.

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

(II) is the reason for (I).

Explanation:

The 1871 resolution by Lord Mayo’s government making Urdu the medium for Muslim instruction is a historical fact, and historians/textbooks present this as part of British “divide and rule” measures intended to win Muslim support and widen Hindu–Muslim differences; thus, the motive (II) explains the policy (I).