UPSC Prelims 2020 · Question 47 of 100
UPSC Prelims 2020 question on Gandhi Irwin Pact
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2020
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectModern History
- TopicIndian National Movement
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeStatement
The Gandhi-Irwin Pact included which of the following?
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:
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Answer: B. 1, 2 and 4 only
Verdict
Correct statements: 1, 2 and 4 → Option (b).
Analysis
On 5 March 1931, the Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed by Gandhiji on behalf of the Congress and by Lord Irwin on behalf of the Government. The terms of the agreement included:
Immediate release of all political prisoners not convicted of violence; remission of all fines not yet collected; return of all lands not yet sold to third parties; lenient treatment to those government servants who had resigned; right to make salt in coastal villages for personal consumption (not for sale); right to peaceful and non-aggressive picketing; withdrawal of emergency ordinances.
The viceroy, however, turned down two of Gandhi's demands: (i) public inquiry into police excesses, and (ii) commutation of Bhagat Singh and his comrades' death sentence to life sentence.
Gandhi on behalf of the Congress agreed: (i) to suspend the civil disobedience movement; (ii) to participate in the next Round Table Conference.
Statement by statement
Statement 1 – CORRECT: Invitation to Congress to participate in the Round Table Conference was included. Hence statement 1 is correct.
Statement 2 – CORRECT: Withdrawal of Ordinances promulgated in connection with the Civil Disobedience Movement was included. Hence statement 2 is correct.
Statement 3 – INCORRECT: Acceptance of Gandhiji's suggestion for enquiry into police excesses was NOT included — the viceroy turned down this demand. Hence statement 3 is not correct.
Statement 4 – CORRECT: Release of only those political prisoners who were not convicted of violence was included. Hence statement 4 is correct.