Question

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

(I) The Anti-Partition movement popularised the idea of Swadeshi and Boycott being complementary, and one would not succeed without the other.

(II) The Assertive Nationalist leaders were expelled from the Congress at the Surat session in 1907.

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:

 The Anti-Partition movement’s strategy (I) and the Congress split (II) were both major developments of the Assertive Nationalist period, but one did not cause the other. The split was a result of long-standing ideological differences and immediate disagreements over the scope of the Swadeshi and Boycott movements, not the idea that they were complementary.