SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 23 September 2025, Shift 3 · General Awareness · Question 22 of 100

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Read the following statements and mark the correct option: Assertion (A): Rani Gaidinliu continued the Heraka movement after the death of Jadonang. Reason (R): She aimed to convert the movement into a mass literacy campaign among Nagas.

(a)Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b)Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c)A is true, but R is false.
(d)A is false, but R is true.

Answer

Why

Correct — C. A is true. The British hanged Haipou Jadonang in Imphal on 29 August 1931, and Gaidinliu emerged as his spiritual and political heir, carrying the Heraka movement on.

R is false. Heraka revived the tribal religion of the Zeliangrong Nagas and defied British rule, for instance by urging people not to pay taxes. It was not a literacy campaign → option (c).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A. — R is false, so it cannot explain A. Gaidinliu continued Heraka as a religious revival and a revolt against British rule, not as a literacy drive.
(b)
Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A. — R is false, so 'both true' fails. Heraka's aims were religious revival and resistance to British rule, including refusal to pay taxes.
(d)
A is false, but R is true. — A is true. Gaidinliu led the Heraka movement after Jadonang's execution in 1931. She was arrested in October 1932 and stayed in prison until 1947.

Concept

The Heraka movement began under Haipou Jadonang among the Zeliangrong Nagas. It revived their tribal religion and grew into resistance against British rule.

After Jadonang's execution in 1931, the teenage Gaidinliu led the movement and urged people not to pay taxes. She was arrested in 1932 and freed in 1947, after 14 years in prison.

Nehru met her in jail in 1937 and gave her the title 'Rani'.

The Assertion is historical fact. The Reason supplies a motive: Heraka's recorded aims were religious and political, and literacy is not among them.

Key facts

Haipou Jadonang was hanged by the British in Imphal on 29 August 1931.
Rani Gaidinliu was arrested in October 1932 and released in 1947.
Jawaharlal Nehru gave her the title 'Rani' after meeting her in jail in 1937.
The Heraka movement combined a revival of the Zeliangrong Naga religion with resistance to British rule.

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Common traps

Marking 'both true' because R sounds like a worthy aim. A Reason must be true before it can explain anything.
Crediting Gaidinliu with founding Heraka. Jadonang began it, and she continued it.

Here Gaidinliu is tested inside an Assertion–Reason pair. Her role in the Heraka movement is asked directly at 24 Sep 2025, 16:00, GA Q.24, and a related north-eastern resistance, the Khongjom War of 1891, at 20 Sep 2025, 09:00, GA Q.22.

Related PYQs

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