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SSC Selection Post 2024 PYQ — Question 44

SSC Selection Post - Matriculation Level - 26 June 2024 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q44

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Which of the following Pacts succeeded the Communal Award of 1932?
 

 

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Gandhi-Ambedkar Pact.

  • The Gandhi-Ambedkar Pact succeeded the Communal Award of 1932.

  • On 16 August 1932, British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald introduced the Communal Award, a policy that extended the concept of separate electorates to include various communities such as the Depressed Classes (Scheduled Castes), Muslims, Sikhs, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, and Indian Christians.

  • This decision was a continuation of earlier British reforms like the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909 and the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919, which had already institutionalized communal representation.

  • Under this system, each community was assigned specific seats in the legislature. Importantly, only members of that particular community could vote to elect their representative, thereby deepening divisions in Indian politics along religious and social lines.