- Assertion (A) states that the first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was rejected in 1911. This is true. Gopal Krishna Gokhale introduced a bill in the Imperial Legislative Council in March 1911 proposing compulsory and free primary education for boys aged 6 to 10 in areas where it was feasible, but the bill was ultimately rejected in
Assertion (A): The first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was rejected in 1911. Reason (R): Discontent would have increased if every cultivator could read.
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 1998 · Topic: Development of Education in Modern India (Nationalist Education Movement and Establishment of National Schools)
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Answer: A. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
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