Multiple choice

Assertion (A) - Lord Ripon resigned, before the term of his viceroyalty was over. Reason (R) - The British Government was annoyed by the Ilbert bill and forced him to resign.

  1. Both 'A' and 'R' are individually true and 'R' is the correct explanation of A.

  2. Both 'A' and 'R' are individually true but 'R' is not the correct explanation of 'A'.

  3. 'A' is true but 'R' is false.

  4. 'A' is false but 'R' is true
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Explanation

Lord Ripon did indeed resign before his viceroyalty term ended in 1884, and this was directly connected to the Ilbert Bill controversy. However, the Reason is misleading - the British Government was annoyed by the bill, but Ripon resigned on his own accord due to the hostile reception from the European community in India, not because he was forced to resign by the British Government. The causal relationship in R is not accurate.

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