Read the assertion (A) and reason (R) carefully: Assertion (A): Dadabhai…
2024
Read the assertion (A) and reason (R) carefully:
Assertion (A): Dadabhai Naoroji, one of the great leader of Indian National Congress, never become the President of INC.
Reason (R): He was a businessman and publicist settled in London and for sometime a member of the British Parliament.
Choose the correct option of the following:
- A.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A)
- B.
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) does not explain (A)
- C.
(A) is true but (R) is false
- D.
(A) is false but (R) is true
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Correct answer: D
Assertion-Reason (A-R) questions are evaluated in two independent stages: first check whether the Assertion (A) and the Reason (R) are each factually correct on their own; only if both hold do you then ask whether R actually causes or accounts for A - a true R can still fail to explain a true A.
Applying this to Dadabhai Naoroji:
Check Assertion (A) against the historical record. Congress session records show Dadabhai Naoroji presided over the Indian National Congress on three occasions - Calcutta (1886), Lahore (1893), and Calcutta (1906). This directly contradicts the assertion's claim that he “never became President of INC,” so (A) is false.
Check Reason (R) independently. Naoroji built his career as a cotton-trade businessman and public commentator based in London, and in 1892 he was elected to the British House of Commons as the Liberal Member for Finsbury Central - the first Indian to sit in the UK Parliament. This matches (R) exactly, so (R) is true.
Since (A) is false, the question of whether (R) “explains” (A) does not arise - a false statement has nothing valid to be explained.
Cross-checking against the option set confirms this is the only internally consistent reading: three of the four options require (A) to be true, and only one records (A) as false with (R) true - which fixes the correct choice.
Hence, (A) is false but (R) is true.