Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

Read the passage and answer the question :

"The Salt March was notable for at least three reasons. First, it was this event that first brought Mahatma Gandhi to world attention. Second, it was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers. Third, it was Salt March which forced upon the British the realisation that their Raj would not last forever, and that they would have to devolve some powers to the Indians".

Who among the following opposed separate electorates for the depressed classes at the Round Table Conference?

Options:

Mahatma Gandhi

B.R. Ambedkar

Mohd. Ali Jinnah

R. Srinivasan

Correct Answer:

Mahatma Gandhi

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Mahatma Gandhi

At the Second Round Table Conference, London, November 1931 Mahatma Gandhi opposed the demand for separate electorates for “lower castes”. He believed that this would prevent their integration into mainstream society and permanently segregate them from other caste Hindus