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Gandhi-Irwin Pact

📆 October 22, 2024

Total Questions: 11

1. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact included which of the following? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2020]

  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

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: (b) 1, 2 and 4 only
Solution:According to Gandhi-Irwin Pact (5th March, 1931), Gandhiji called off the Civil Disobedience Movement and agreed to take part in second Round Table Conference in London. He also agreed to stop boycotting the British goods. In return Viceroy agreed to withdraw ordinances promulgated against Civil Disobedience Movement and release only those prisoners who were not charged with violence. Hence option (b) is correct.

2. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in: [44th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000]

Correct Answer: (a) 1931
Solution:According to Gandhi-Irwin Pact (5th March, 1931), Gandhiji called off the Civil Disobedience Movement and agreed to take part in second Round Table Conference in London. He also agreed to stop boycotting the British goods. In return Viceroy agreed to withdraw ordinances promulgated against Civil Disobedience Movement and release only those prisoners who were not charged with violence.

3. Gandhi-Irwin Pact took place in : [53rd to 55th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011]

Correct Answer: (b) 1931
Solution:According to Gandhi-Irwin Pact (5th March, 1931), Gandhiji called off the Civil Disobedience Movement and agreed to take part in second Round Table Conference in London. He also agreed to stop boycotting the British goods. In return Viceroy agreed to withdraw ordinances promulgated against Civil Disobedience Movement and release only those prisoners who were not charged with violence. Hence option (b) is correct.

4. The Second Round Table Conference in London was held in the backdrop of the : [46th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2004]

Correct Answer: (c) Irwin-Gandhi Pact
Solution:According to Gandhi-Irwin Pact (5th March, 1931), Gandhiji called off the Civil Disobedience Movement and agreed to take part in second Round Table Conference in London. He also agreed to stop boycotting the British goods. In return Viceroy agreed to withdraw ordinances promulgated against Civil Disobedience Movement and release only those prisoners who were not charged with violence.

5. Among the following whose adjournment was proposed in Gandhi-Irwin Pact? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1993]

Correct Answer: (d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Solution:According to Gandhi-Irwin Pact (5th March, 1931), Gandhiji called off the Civil Disobedience Movement and agreed to take part in second Round Table Conference in London. He also agreed to stop boycotting the British goods. In return Viceroy agreed to withdraw ordinances promulgated against Civil Disobedience Movement and release only those prisoners who were not charged with violence.

6. Who among the following took Mahatma Gandhi's gain in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact as "Consolation Prizes"? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (b) Alan Campbell Johnson
Solution:The biographer of Irwin, Alan Campbell Johnson termed Mahatma Gandhi's gain in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact as "Consolation Prizes" and the only surrender of Irwin to agreeing for the conversation. UPPSC considered option (a) as the correct answer in its first answer key. But in its revised answer key it mentioned option (b) as the correct one.

7. Who played the role of mediator in Gandhi-Irwin Pact? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2011]

Correct Answer: (b) Tej Bahadur Sapru
Solution:Tej Bahadur Sapru and M.R. Jaykar played the role of mediator in Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

8. Who of the following persons called Irwin and Gandhi 'The Two Mahatmas'? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]

Correct Answer: (b) Sarojini Naidu
Solution:Sarojini Naidu's involvement in politics was pivotal in India's fight for independence. Her work was marked by involvement in the INC, where she was deeply influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and his vision of Swaraj. In 1925, Sarojini Naidu was appointed as the president of the Indian National Congress, becoming the second woman after Annie Besant and the first Indian woman to hold this position. She was arrested due to her involvement in the Salt March in 1930 and to the Civil Disobedience Movement. In 1942, she played a crucial role in the Quit India Movement, which led to further imprisonment, spending over 21 months in jail.

9. Who played an important role in the signing of Gandhi-Irwin Pact? [47th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000]

Correct Answer: (c) Tej Bahadur Sapru
Solution:After noticing the expansion of Civil Disobedience Movement, Viceroy Lord Irwin released Mahatma Gandhi on January 26, 1931. The conversation started between Gandhi and Irwin in the mid-February, 1931 which was the efforts of Tej Bahadur Sapru and M.R. Jaykar. The pact was signed as Gandhi-Irwin Pact took place on March 5, 1931. In context of the pact, Sarojini Naidu termed them as "The Two Mahatmas."

10. In which year the famous Gandhi-Irwin Pact took place? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re. Exam) 2022]

Correct Answer: (c) 1931 A.D.
Solution:The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin on 5th March, 1931 before the Second Round Table Conference in London. Below are the proposed conditions —
  • Discontinuation of Civil Disobedience Movement by Indian National Congress.
  • Participation of the Indian National Congress in Second Round Table Conference.
  • Withdrawal of ordinances issued by British Government imposing curbs on the activities of INC.
  • Withdrawal of all prosecutions except those involving violence.
  • The release of prisoners arrested for participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
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