In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: Gandhi-Irwin Pact was criticized by radical nationalists.
Reason: By the terms of the pact, the Civil Disobedience movement was to be called off, and manufacturing salt would be allowed along the coast.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The correct answer is Option 2 - Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Assertion: Gandhi-Irwin Pact was criticized by radical nationalists.
Reason: By the terms of the pact, the Civil Disobedience movement was to be called off, and manufacturing salt would be allowed along the coast.

Correct Reason for given Assertion: The pact was criticized by radical nationalists, for Gandhiji was unable to obtain from the Viceroy a commitment to political independence for Indians; he could obtain merely an assurance of talks towards that possible end.

The British government convened a series of “Round Table Conferences” in London. The first meeting was held in November 1930, but without the pre-eminent political leader in India, thus rendering it an exercise in futility. Gandhiji was released from jail in January 1931 and the following month had several long meetings with the Viceroy. These culminated in what was called the “Gandhi-Irwin Pact’, by the terms of which civil disobedience would be called off, all prisoners released, and salt manufacture allowed along the coast. The pact was criticised by radical nationalists, for Gandhiji was unable to obtain from the Viceroy a commitment to political independence for Indians; he could obtain merely an assurance of talks towards that possible end.