Assertion (A): Muhammad bin Tughlaq left Delhi, and, for two years lived in a camp called Swarga-dwari. Reason (R): At that time, Delhi was ravaged by a form of plague and many people died.
- ABoth A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- BBoth A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A
- CA is true but R is falseCorrect
- DA is false but R is true
Explanation
The correct answer is C because the Assertion is true but the Reason is false.
The Assertion is true as Muhammad bin Tughlaq did leave Delhi in 1338 to live in a camp called Swargadwari on the banks of the Ganges near Kannauj for about two and a half years.
The Reason is false because his departure was not due to a plague in Delhi. He left primarily because of a severe and prolonged famine in the Delhi region that made it impossible to sustain the imperial court and army. While a plague did affect his army later during an expedition to the south, it was famine, not a plague in the capital, that drove him to Swargadwari.
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