Question

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

(I) Lord Curzon refused to concede to the demands of annulling the Partition of Bengal.

(II) The administrative capital of British India was shifted from Kolkata to Delhi in 1911.

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:

Lord Curzon refused to concede demands to annul the 1905 Partition of Bengal, and although the Partition was later revoked in 1911, the administrative capital was also moved from Calcutta to Delhi that year; these are separate events, and the shift of the capital is not the reason for Curzon’s earlier refusal, so the two statements are independent.