Assertion (A): Dyer entered the area, blocked the exit points, and opened fire on the crowd, killing hundreds.
Reason (B): His object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’, to create in satyagrahis a feeling of terror and awe.

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Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(A) is correct but (R) is wrong

(A) is wrong but (R) is correct

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Both assertion and reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
The incident in which Dyer entered the area, blocked the exit points, and opened fire on the crowd, killing hundreds, was known as the Jallianwala Bagh incident. It took place in Amritsar on April 13th, 1919 and impacted people's minds. The Rowlatt Act was the leading cause of the Jallianwala Bagh incident.
Gandhiji launched the Rowlatt Satyagraha, and mass demonstrations took place. Local leaders were arrested from Delhi and Amritsar. The British colonial government imposed martial law in Amritsar. On the occasion of Baisakhi, General Dyer ordered fire at the people gathered in the park. Later, he explained that he wanted to create a moral effect on Satyagrahis.

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