Three events in order: Gandhiji leaves Sabarmati; nearly 60,000 Indians, Gandhiji among them, are arrested; Gandhiji is released from jail. Which event comes between the first two?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → At Dandi, Gandhiji announces that the salt tax law will be broken
Option (1) Gandhiji and the Viceroy reach the agreement called the Gandhi-Irwin Pact — Incorrect. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact came out of Gandhiji's talks with the Viceroy after his release in January 1931. It falls after the third event.
Option (2) The British government holds the first Round Table Conference in London — Incorrect. The first Round Table Conference met in November 1930 while Gandhiji was in jail. It therefore falls after the mass arrests, between the second and third events.
Option (3) At Dandi, Gandhiji announces that the salt tax law will be broken — Correct. Gandhiji left Sabarmati and reached Dandi, where on 5 April 1930 he said: "Tomorrow we shall break the salt tax law." The mass arrests came in the wake of the Salt March, so this speech fills the gap.
Option (4) Gandhiji represents the Congress at the second Round Table Conference — Incorrect. The second Round Table Conference met in the latter part of 1931, months after Gandhiji's release from jail.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.1 Dandi … “… The rulers responded by detaining the dissenters. In the wake of the Salt March, nearly 60,000 Indians were arrested, among them, of course, Gandhiji himself.” |