Question

8. Assertion (A) Dr BR Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for Dalits.
Reason (R) In 1932, Poona Pact was signed between Dr BR Ambedkar and M Gandhi

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
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Answer 1

Answer:

option D

Explanation:

But Gandhi was reluctant to give separate electorates to scheduled castes. He was afraid of division inside Congress and Hindu society due to separate scheduled caste representations. But Ambedkar insisted for separate electorate for scheduled caste

Poona pact was signed by Ambedkar on behalf of the depressed classes and by Madann Mohan Malviya on behalf of Hindus and Gandhi as a means to end the fast that Gandhi was undertaking in jail as a protest against the decision made by British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald to give separate electorates to depressed classes

Answer 2

Answer:

option-d

Explanation:

A is false ,but R is true