Poona Pact MCQs with Explanation for All Competitive Exam

Ans:- (D) 1932

Explanation:-

• The Poona Pact was signed on September 24, 1932
• This Pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar following the announcement of the Communal Award.
• The Communal Award had proposed separate electorates for the Depressed Classes (later known as Scheduled Castes)and others, which Gandhi opposed because he believed it would divide Hindu society.
• Gandhi began a fast unto death on September 20, 1932, to protest the separate electorates.
• The Pact provided for joint electorates with reserved seats for the Depressed Classes in the provincial legislatures, increasing their representation from 71 seats to 147 seats and increasing 18 percent of the total in the Central Legislature.

Ans:- (D) Poona Pact
Explanation:-

• The British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald announced the Communal Award on August 16, 1932.
• The Communal Award had proposed separate electorates for the Depressed Classes.
• Gandhi opposed it and began a fast unto death on September 20, 1932.
• The Poona Pact was implemented after the announcement of the Communal Award.
• The Poona Pact was signed on September 24, 1932.
• The Poona Pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar.

Ans:- (B) 71 and 147, respectively

Explanation:-

• The British government’s Communal Award initially allocated 71 seats to the Depressed Classes in the provincial legislatures.
• The Poona Pact increased the number of reserved seats for the Depressed Classes from 71 to 147 seats in the provincial legislatures.
• This agreement replaced the separate electorates with joint electorates.

Ans:- (A) Depressed classes

Explanation:- The Poona Pact was primarily concerned with the Depressed Classes, also known as the Scheduled Castes.

Ans:- (B) To provide representation of untouchables

Explanation:- The primary purpose of the Poona Pact was to provide political representation for the Untouchables, also known as the Depressed Classes or Scheduled Castes, in the legislative councils of British India.

Ans:- (C) Poona Pact

Explanation:- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed a Pact known as the Poona Pact on September 24, 1932.

Ans:- (B) Ghanshyam Das Birla

Explanation:-

• After the Poona Pact of 1932, the All India Anti Untouchability League, later renamed as Harijan Sewak Sangh was established on 30 September 1932 to remove untouchability in society.
• Mahatma Gandhi founded It.
• Ghanshyam Das Birla was its founding president with Amritlal Takkar as its founding secretary.

Ans:- (A) All India Anti-Untouchability League

Explanation:-

Ans:- (A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Explanation:- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar established the Depressed Classes League in August 1930 to uplift the condition of Depressed Classes. 

Ans:- (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Explanation:-

• Assertion (A) is true. The Communal Award had proposed separate electorates for the Depressed Classes. The Poona Pact replaced the separate electorates with joint electorates. Therefore, the Poona Pact defeated the purpose of the Communal Award.
• Reason (R): The Poona Pact paved the way for the reservation of seats in the Parliament and State Assemblies for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) by increasing the number of reserved seats in the legislatures from 71 to 147.

So, the reason (R) correctly explains the assertion (A), making Option (A) is the correct answer.