Name the leaders who constituted the Assertive/Radical Nationalist trio in the early years of the 20th century.

Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow:

Rabindranath Tagore endorsed the Swadeshi movement through his songs and poems. There was a change in his attitude as noted by Sumit Sarkar in his book, Swadeshi Movement in Bengal. He says: "[From] trying in vain to placate the foreign ruler and talking big in a foreign tongue, he (Tagore) urges volunteers to the villages instead, spreading social and political enlightment in the melas and through magic lantern lectures, and, above all to revive our traditional samaj, channelling all constructive work through it once again."

(a) What was the impact of the Anti-Partition Movement?

(b) How did the people react to the Partition of Bengal?

(c) What was Lord Curzon's argument in favour of the Partition of Bengal? How did the nationalists interpret Lord Curzon's motives?

In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option.

1. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
2. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
3. Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (B) is false.
4. Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

Assertion (A) : Lala Lajpat Rai dead was even more dangerous than Lajpat Rai alive.

Reason (R) : His death unleashed hectic revolutionary activity which culminated in the execution of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.

Who among the following annulled the Partition of Bengal?

1. Lord Hardinge
2. Lord Reading
3. Lord Irwin
4. Lord Minto