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The Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed in March 1931 led to the suspension of Civil Disobedience and paved the way for Gandhi's participation in:

Second Round Table Conference in London ✓

First Round Table Conference

Third Round Table Conference

Cripps Mission talks

The March 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact suspended Civil Disobedience and secured Gandhi's participation in the Second Round Table Conference.

The Communal Award announced by British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in August 1932 granted separate electorates to:

Depressed Classes (Dalits), Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, and Anglo-Indians ✓

Muslims only

Women exclusively

Landlords and mill owners only

The 1932 Communal Award extended separate electorates to Depressed Classes, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Anglo-Indians.

Mahatma Gandhi undertook a fast-unto-death in Yerwada Jail against separate electorates for Depressed Classes, culminating in the historic:

Poona Pact (1932) signed between B.R. Ambedkar and Congress leaders ✓

Lucknow Pact

Delhi Pact

Shimla Pact

Gandhi's fast against separate electorates for Depressed Classes led to the Poona Pact between Ambedkar and Congress leaders.

Under the Poona Pact (1932), separate electorates for Depressed Classes were replaced by:

Reserved seats in general electorates with increased seats ✓

Complete abolition of representation

Executive nominations

Rotating regional seats

The Poona Pact replaced separate Dalit electorates with reserved seats within the general electorate.

The Congress Socialist Party (CSP) was officially formed within the Indian National Congress in 1934 at Bombay under the leadership of:

Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Deva, and Minoo Masani ✓

Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose

Rammanohar Lohia and Aruna Asaf Ali

M.N. Roy

The Congress Socialist Party was formed in 1934 in Bombay by Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Deva and Minoo Masani.

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