Question

Q 10.4 What were the points of agreement in Poona pact ?
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Q 10. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow :-
"They began organizing themselves, demanding reserved seats in educational
institutions, and a separate electorate that would choose Dalit members for legislative
councils. Political empowerment, they believed, would resolve the problems of their
social disabilities. Dalit participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement was
therefore limited, particularly in the Maharashtra and Nagpur region where their
organization was quite strong. Dr B.R. Ambedkar, who organized the Dalit's into the
Depressed Classes Association in 1930, clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second
Round Table Conference by demanding separate electorates for Dalit's. When the
British government conceded Ambedkar's demand, Gandhiji began a fast unto death.
He believed that separate electorates for Dalit's would slow down the process of their
integration into society."
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING MCQS AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
Dalit participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement will increase.
Upper castes will be persuaded to give up the sin of untouchability.
There will be reserved seats in the provincial and legislative councils.
The seats will be reserved for dalits in provincial and central legislative councils but
will be voted by general electorate​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Poona Pact was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on behalf of depressed classes and upper caste Hindu leaders on the reservation of electoral seats for the depressed classes in the legislature of British India government in 1930.