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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2016 — General Studies · Question 69 of 200

Q69
Indian National MovementRise of Nationalism & the Congress
Who declared the Communal Award in 1932?
  1. a.Jinnah
  2. b.Syed Ahmed
  3. c.Ramsay Macdonald
  4. d.Lord Curzon

Answer: (C) Ramsay Macdonald

The Communal Award was announced by British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in August 1932. It provided for separate electorates for Muslims, Sikhs, Anglo-Indians, Indian Christians, and crucially for the first time for Depressed Classes (untouchables), which led to the Gandhi-Ambedkar Poona Pact.

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