Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:
Who among the following was against the demand for separate electorates for "lower castes" at the Second Round Table Conference, London?
Options:
Mahatma Gandhi
B R Ambedkar
Md Ali Jinna
The Britishers
Correct Answer:
Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation:
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.