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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 63 of 200

Q63
Indian National MovementGandhian Era: Khilafat, NCM, CDM
Which one is not true about the Poona Pact?
  1. a.The Poona Pact was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
  2. b.The Poona Pact was made in 1932.
  3. c.The Poona Pact was signed in Poona.
  4. d.By this agreement the point of separate electorate for the Hindus and the Muslims was accepted.

Answer: (D) By this agreement the point of separate electorate for the Hindus and the Muslims was accepted.

The Poona Pact of September 1932 between Gandhi and Ambedkar, signed at Poona during Gandhi's fast in Yerawada jail, gave up separate electorates for the Depressed Classes in favour of reserved seats in a joint electorate. It said nothing about accepting separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims, so statement (D) is the untrue one; (A), (B) and (C) are correct.

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