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Modern History · Prelims 2012 Q709

Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932, mainly because:

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Civil Disobedience to Provincial Politics Poona Pact Answer C

The question

Stem and options.

Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932, mainly because:

Round Table Conference failed to satisfy Indian political aspirations

Congress and the Muslim League had differences of opinion

Ramsay Macdonald announced the Communal Award

None of the statements a, b and c given above is correct in this context

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Answer

Correct option C

• Correct Answer: C
• Gandhi’s 1932 fast unto death protested Ramsay MacDonald’s Communal Award, which granted separate electorates to Depressed Classes.
• The Poona Pact (September 24, 1932) replaced separate electorates with reserved seats in a joint electorate.

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