Consider the following events and arrange them in ascending order:
A. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
B. First Round Table Conference
C. Simon Commission
D. Quit India Movement
E. Poona Pact
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → C, B, A, E, D
The events in the order in which they took place:
(C) Simon Commission — appointed in November 1927; it reached India in 1928 and was boycotted because it had no Indian member.
(B) First Round Table Conference — held in London from November 1930 to January 1931; the Congress stayed away.
(A) Gandhi-Irwin Pact — signed in March 1931; Gandhi called off the Civil Disobedience Movement and agreed to attend the Second Round Table Conference.
(E) Poona Pact — signed in September 1932 between Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar, giving reserved seats in place of separate electorates for the depressed classes.
(D) Quit India Movement — launched on 8 August 1942 with the call ‘Do or Die’.