Modern History PYQ 418 of 636 · Round Table Conference

On which issue did the Second Round Table Conference fail?

  1. ACommunal Delegations
  2. BGranting Dominion Status
  3. CThe date of transfer of ruling power
  4. DPostponement of Civil Disobedience Movement

41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996

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Correct answer: (a) Communal Delegations

Explanation

The Second Round Table Conference began on 7 September 1931, in which Mahatma Gandhi participated as the sole representative of the Congress. Due to disputes over the communal issue, the conference could not reach any decisive conclusion. Dalit leader B. R. Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for Dalits, which Gandhi rejected. Ultimately, due to the deadlock over communal representation, the conference was declared closed on 1 December 1931.

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