In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion(A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the codes provided:
Assertion: Subhash Chandra Bose and his followers formed the Forward Bloc as a new party within the Congress.
Reason: The Congress removed Subhash Chandra Bose as President of the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee and barred him from holding any Congress elective office for 3 years.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation for A.
(c) A is true, while R is false.
(d) A is false, while R is true.

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In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion(A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the codes provided:
Assertion: Subhash Chandra Bose and his followers formed the Forward Bloc as a new party within the Congress.
Reason: The Congress removed Subhash Chandra Bose as President of the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee and barred him from holding any Congress elective office for 3 years.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation for A.
(c) A is true, while R is false.
(d) A is false, while R is true.

ONLiNE UPSC · Accepted Answer

Assertion is correct: Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc in 1939 after resigning as Congress President. He aimed to consolidate the leftist and radical elements within the Congress to push for a more aggressive stance against British rule.

Reason is correct: After a series of disagreements with the Congress leadership (especially with Gandhi and the Congress Working Committee), Bose was barred from holding any Congress elective office for three years. This decision followed his resignation as Congress President in 1939.

While both the Assertion and Reason are true, the formation of the Forward Bloc was primarily due to ideological differences between Bose and the Congress leadership over how to achieve independence. It was not directly due to his removal or the ban imposed on him. Therefore, R is not the correctfor A.

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In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion(A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the codes provided: Assertion: Subhash Chandra Bose and his followers formed the Forward Bloc as a new party within the Congress. Reason: The Congress removed Subhash Chandra Bose as President of the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee and barred him from holding any Congress elective office for 3 years. (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A. (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation for A. (c) A is true, while R is false. (d) A is false, while R is true.