Which of the following international events led to the rise of Assertive Nationalism?

1. Victory of Japan over Russia
2. Defeat of Britain in the Anglo-Afghan Wars
3. Defeat of France in Ethopia
4. Defeat of Germany in South Africa

Early Nationalists : Ideas of western philosophers : : Assertive Nationalists : ….?….

1. Ideas of eastern philosophers
2. Ideas of Swadeshi
3. Ideas of Karl Marx
4. India's past

(A) Bengal, according to the British, was too big to be efficiently administered by a single provincial government.

(B) The British wanted to stop the rising tide of nationalism by partitioning Bengal.

1. (B) contradicts (A)
2. (B) is the reason for (A)
3. (A) is true but (B) is false.
4. (A) and (B) are independent of each other.

(A) The Anti-Partition movement popularised the idea of Swadeshi and Boycott being complementary and one would not succeed without the other.

(B) The Assertive Nationalist leaders were expelled from the Congress at the Surat session in 1907.

1. (B) contradicts (A)
2. (B) is the reason for (A)
3. (A) is true but (B) is false
4. (A) and (B) are independent of each other.