UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2020

The Gandhi-Irwin Pact included which of the following? 1. Invitation to Congress to participate in the Round Table Conference 2. Withdrawal of Ordinances promulgated in connection with the Civil Disobedience Movement 3. Acceptance of Gandhiji's suggestion for enquiry into police excesses 4. Release of only those prisoners who were not charged with violence

  1. 1 only
  2. 1, 2 and 4 only
  3. 3 only
  4. 2, 3 and 4 only

Answer

Correct Answer

1, 2 and 4 only

Explanation

Under the Pact (March 1931) Congress was invited to the Second Round Table Conference, ordinances were withdrawn and prisoners not guilty of violence were released. The Viceroy did not accept Gandhi's demand for an inquiry into police excesses, so statement 3 is wrong.

Topics: freedom struggle - civil disobedience movement, gandhi-irwin pact 1931, history, modern india