In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.
Assertion: On the 15th of August, 1947, Mahatma Gandhi did not participate in any of the Independence Day celebrations.
Reason: He was not in India at the time India got its Independence so he did not participate in the celebrations.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option 4 - The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.
Reason: He was not in India at the time India got its Independence is incorrect as on 15 August he was in Kolkata in the areas which were torn by gruesome riots between Hindus and Muslims.
On the 15th August 1947 Mahatma Gandhi did not participate in any of the Independence Day celebrations (ASSERTION). He was in Kolkata in the areas which were torn by gruesome riots between Hindus and Muslims. He was saddened by the communal violence and disheartened that the principles of ahimsa (non-violence) and satyagraha (active but non-violent resistance) that he had lived and worked for, had failed to bind the people in troubled times (The reason he did not participate in the celebrations).