The Poona Pact of September 1932 was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and which other leader?
A. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B. Ramsay MacDonald
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
The Poona Pact was an agreement reached between Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi on behalf of depressed classes for reservation of seats in provincial legislatures, abandoning separate electorates.
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Lord Curzon passed the Indian Universities Act in 1904 to tighten government control over universities, which was widely opposed by Indian nationalists.
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Syed Mahmood (son of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan) was appointed a judge of the Allahabad High Court in 1882, becoming one of the first Indian High Court judges, though Ram Prasad Roy was earlier in Calcutta Small Cause Court. Justice Syed Mahmood is widely recognized as the first Indian judge of a High Court.
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