Consider the following statements :
Statement-I :
7th August is declared as the National Handloom Day.
Statement-II :
It was in 1905 that the Swadeshi Movement was launched on the same day.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
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Answer: A. Statement-I is correct: 7 August is National Handloom Day, first marked in 2015. Statement-II is correct and is the reason: the Swadeshi Movement was launched on 7 August 1905 at Calcutta Town Hall, and the date was chosen to honour it. So A.
Watch for: Do not mark B when the date of one event was picked because of the other.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because the date was chosen precisely to remember the Swadeshi Movement.
- C. Wrong because the Swadeshi Movement was launched on 7 August 1905.
- D. Wrong because 7 August is National Handloom Day.
Source to check: Ministry of Textiles, Office of Development Commissioner (Handlooms), National Handloom Day page; PIB release, 7 August 2015
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