The Poona Pact of 1932 was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and:
- A.Dr B. R. Ambedkar
- B.Lord Irwin
- C.Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- D.Madan Mohan Malaviya
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Dr B. R. Ambedkar. The Communal Award of August 1932 had given the Depressed Classes separate electorates. Gandhi, then in Yerwada jail, began a fast against it, and on 24 September 1932 the Poona Pact was signed: separate electorates were given up and in their place a larger number of seats were reserved for the Depressed Classes in the provincial legislatures, to be filled through a joint electorate. Option B, Lord Irwin, signed the Delhi Pact with Gandhi in March 1931, a different agreement. Option C, Jinnah, was the Muslim League leader with whom Gandhi held talks in 1944, which failed. Option D, Madan Mohan Malaviya, helped negotiate the Poona Pact and signed on behalf of the Hindu leaders, but the pact is named for Gandhi and Ambedkar.
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- C.Treaty of Salbai
- D.Treaty of Purandar
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- D.Third Anglo-Maratha War
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- C.Ranjit Singh
- D.Nizam of Hyderabad
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- B.Second Anglo-Mysore War
- C.Third Anglo-Mysore War
- D.Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
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- A.1906
- B.1909
- C.1916
- D.1919
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