Question

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

(I) The Congress passed a resolution for the renewal of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

(II) Gandhiji sought a meeting with Viceroy Willingdon, which was refused.

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:

Upon returning to India from the failed Second Round Table Conference in late 1931, Mahatma Gandhi found that the British administration had launched a severe crackdown on Indian nationalists. In an attempt to de-escalate tensions and find a peaceful solution, Gandhiji requested an urgent meeting with Viceroy Lord Willingdon, but the Viceroy refused to meet or negotiate with him. This blunt refusal left the Indian National Congress with no diplomatic alternative, forcing the Congress Working Committee to pass a resolution to officially renew and relaunch the Civil Disobedience Movement in January 1932. Therefore, the Viceroy’s refusal in Statement (II) acts as the direct historical cause for the Congress’s political response in Statement (I).