2021 · Q7
Which one of the following statements about the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931 is correct?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- AThe Government would not release those prisoners who had been non-violent.
- BThe Government would not release those prisoners who had indulged in the peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops.
- CThe Congress did not agree to the suspension of the Civil Disobedience Movement. of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
- DThe Congress agreed to take part in the Second Round Table Conference.
Explanation
Under the Gandhi–Irwin Pact of 5 March 1931, the Congress agreed to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement, the government agreed to release political prisoners who had remained non-violent, and Gandhi agreed to attend the Second Round Table Conference as the Congress representative. Statements A and B are therefore false (non-violent prisoners, including peaceful picketers, were released) and statement C is false (the Congress did agree to suspension). Statement D correctly records the pact's commitment to the Second Round Table Conference.