Round Table Conference

Total Questions: 25

21. Consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2005]

  1. In the First Round Table Conference, Dr. Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for the depressed classes.
  2. In the Poona Pact, special provisions for representation of the depressed people in the local bodies and civil services were made.
  3. The Indian National Congress did not take part in the Third Round Table Conference.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3
Solution:

In the First Round Table Conference, Dr. Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for the depressed classes. The Indian National Congress participated only in the Second Round Table Conference and boycotted the Third and First Round Table Conferences. In the Poona Pact, Congress agreed that adequate representation would be given to the depressed classes in the local bodies and civil services. So, all the three statements given in the options are correct.

22. Which of the following Indian leaders attended the First Round Table Conference in London? [44th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000]

Correct Answer: (a) Maulana Mohammad Ali
Solution:The report of the Simon Commission was published on 10th June and 24th June, 1930. Political organizations had refused the recommendations of the Commission. Main leaders of Congress were in jails. The British Government organized the 1st Round Table Conference from November 1930 to January 1931 in London in an environment of frustration and dissatisfaction. 89 Indian representative members participated in the 1st Round Table Conference, but Congress did not participate. Main participants of the 1st Round Table Conference were: Tejbahadur Sapru, Srinivas Shastri, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Shafi, Aga Khan III, Fazlul Haq, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Homi Modi, M.R. Jaykar, Munje, Bhimrao Ambedkar, and Sundar Singh Majithia, etc.

23. Which one of the following is not true about the First Round Table Conference? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]

Correct Answer: (d) It was attended by the Congress delegation.
Solution:The report of the Simon Commission was published on 10th June and 24th June, 1930. Political organizations had refused the recommendations of the Commission. Main leaders of Congress were in jails. The British Government organized the 1st Round Table Conference from November 1930 to January 1931 in London in an environment of frustration and dissatisfaction. 89 Indian representative members participated in the 1st Round Table Conference, but Congress did not participate. Main participants of the 1st Round Table Conference were: Tejbahadur Sapru, Srinivas Shastri, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Shafi, Aga Khan III, Fazlul Haq, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Homi Modi, M.R. Jaykar, Munje, Bhimrao Ambedkar, and Sundar Singh Majithia, etc.

24. When was the First Round Table Conference of Indian leaders summoned in London by the British Government? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2014]

Correct Answer: (c) 1930
Solution:Congress did not participate in the 1-Round Table Conference at St. James palace (London), in 1930-31. K.T. Paul represented Indian Christians in the Conference. First Round Table Conference was inaugurated officially by British King and chaired by the British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald.

25. Who represented Indian Christians in the first Round Table Conference held in London? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

Correct Answer: (d) K.T. Paul
Solution:Congress did not participate in the 1-Round Table Conference at St. James palace (London), in 1930-31. K.T. Paul represented Indian Christians in the Conference. First Round Table Conference was inaugurated officially by British King and chaired by the British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald.