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Question
Select the option that shows the correct relationship between Statements (I) and (II).
(I) Mahatma Gandhi started a non-violent civil disobedience movement in South Africa.
(II) He formed the Indian Congress to protest against the discriminatory treatment meted out to the Indians there.
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.
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Solution
(I) is true, but (II) is false.
Explanation:
Statement (I) is historically correct because Mahatma Gandhi successfully conceptualised and launched his first non-violent civil disobedience movement (Satyagraha) in South Africa to fight for the rights of the Indian community. However, Statement (II) is false because Gandhi did not establish the “Indian Congress” (the Indian National Congress was founded in India by A.O. Hume in 1885); rather, he established the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in 1894 to protest against the discriminatory and racist treatment meted out to Indians living in South Africa.
