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| Two statements are given, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): Assertion (A) There was a broad agreement across the spectrum of the nationalist movement to abolish caste distinctions. Reason (R) The dominant view in the nationalist movement was to treat caste as a social evil and as a colonial ploy to divide Indians. |
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A) (A) is true , but (R) is false (A) is false but (R) is true |
| Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A) |
| Both Mahatma Gandhi and Babasaheb Ambedkar began organising protests against untouchability from the 1920s onwards. Anti-untouchability programmes became a significant part of the Congress agenda so that, by the time Independence was on the horizon, there was a broad agreement across the spectrum of the nationalist movement to abolish caste distinctions. The dominant view in the nationalist movement was to treat caste as a social evil and as a colonial ploy to divide Indians. But the nationalist leaders, above all, Mahatma Gandhi, were able to simultaneously work for the upliftment of the lower castes, advocate the abolition of untouchability and other caste restrictions, and, at the same time, reassure the landowning upper castes that their interests, too, would be looked after. |
