Assertion (A): Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a communalist. Reason (R): He used the religion as a political weapon. Select you
In Assertion-Reason, check both parts calmly. Here, the combination that fits is (A) is false, but (R) is true. In Moderate Groups and Extremist Groups In Congress, this is how Assertion and Reason are linked. If you check Assertion first, then Reason, then the link, the answer becomes clear. That is the simple way to do it.
Ref: [UPPCS (Pre) 2001] | Bipan Chandra, India's Struggle for Independence, and NCERT History textbooks discuss Moderate Groups and Extremist Groups in Congress and explain the events, leaders and movements that support the correct answer for this question.