1)  Assertion (S): Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.

Reason (R): An unruly crowd burnt down a police station in Chauri Chaura in 1922.

A) Both S and R are true and R is the correct explanation of S.

B) Both S and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of S.

C) S is true and R is false.

D) S is false and R is true.

The Non-Cooperation Movement (launched by Gandhi in 1920) was explicitly based on the principle of non-violence (ahimsa). On 4 February 1922 the Chauri Chaura incident occurred: a mob attacked the local police station, set it on fire and—according to standard accounts—killed about 22 policemen (some sources give slightly different figures). This outbreak of violence showed that parts of the movement had turned away from Gandhi’s strict commitment to non-violence.

Gandhi held that a mass movement without discipline and adherence to non-violence would lose its moral foundation and could do more harm than good. For that reason he decided to suspend (called off) the Non-Cooperation Movement soon after the Chauri Chaura violence (he formally withdrew it in February 1922). Thus the Chauri Chaura incident is the immediate and correct explanation for Gandhi’s decision—so R explains S.

Ans)  A) Both S and R are true and R is the correct explanation of S.


2)  Match the following:

List I                                                      List II

i. Wipro                                                  a) V. K. Sharma

ii. State Bank of India                           b) Vishal Sikka

iii. LIC of India                                      c) Azim Premji

iv. Infosys                                             d) Indra Nooyi

                                                              e) Arundhati Bhattacharyya

A) i – c, ii – e, iii – a, iv – b

B) i – c, ii – d, iii – e, iv – b

C) i – c, ii – d, iii – b, iv – a

D) i – e, ii – d, iii – a, iv – b


i. Wipro – c) Azim Premji

Azim Premji is the founder and long-time chairman of Wipro, a major Indian IT company.

ii. State Bank of India – e) Arundhati Bhattacharyya

Arundhati Bhattacharyya was the first woman to become the Chairperson of the State Bank of India (SBI).

iii. LIC of India – a) V. K. Sharma

V. K. Sharma served as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).

iv. Infosys – b) Vishal SikkaVishal Sikka served as the CEO and MD of Infosys between 2014 and 2017.

Ans)  A) i – c, ii – e, iii – a, iv – b