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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2022 — General Studies · Question 36 of 200

Q36
Indian National MovementGandhian Era: Khilafat, NCM, CDM
The Poona Pact took place in the year
  1. a.1857
  2. b.1932
  3. c.1935
  4. d.1942

Answer: (B) 1932

The Poona Pact was signed in September 1932 between B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi while Gandhi was on a fast unto death protesting the British government's Communal Award. It replaced separate electorates for Depressed Classes with reserved seats in the general electorate.

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