Round Table Conference-Old Year Questions and Answers

1. Which of the following Indian leaders attended the First Round Table Conference in London?

(a) Maulana Mohammad Ali
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

[44th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000]

 

2. Which one of the following is not true about the First Round Table Conference?

(a) It was held in 1930
(b) It was to discuss the Report of the Simon Commission
(c) It was held in London
(d) It was attended by the Congress delegation.

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]

 

3. The Indian National Congress did not take part in which of the following Round Table Conferences?

(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Participated in all
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

[63rd B.P.S.C (Pre.) 2017]

 

4. Who represented Indian Christians in the first Round Table Conference held in London?

(a) Rao Bahadur Srinivas
(b) Sir Akbar Haidari
(c) Sir A.P. Patro
(d) K.T. Paul

[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

 

5. When was the First Round Table Conference of Indian leaders summoned in London by the British Government?

(a) 1931
(b) 1929
(c) 1930
(d) 1932

[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2014]

 

6. ‘Operation Rubicon’ was the code word proposed to be adopted by the British Government in India with reference to which of the following?

(a) Gandhi’s fast unto death in Jail
(b) Activities of Jai Prakash Narayan
(c) Gandhi’s participation in the Round Table Conference
(d) None of the above

[U.P. R.O./A.R.O. 2017]

 

7. In which year the last election of the Indian Legislature under the Government of India Act, of 1919 was held?

(a) 1930
(b) 1934
(c) 1945
(d) 1947

[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre.) 2020]

 

8. Which of the following leaders participated in the 2nd Round Table Conference

1. Mahatma Gandhi 2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Madan Mohan Malviya 4. Maulana Azad

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Code :
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 1, 2, and 3
(d) 1, 3 and 4

[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre)1998]

 

9. Who among the following had not participated in the Second Round Table Conference?

(a) Mahadev Desai
(b) Pyarelal Nayyar
(c) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

[M.P.P.C.S (Pre) 2017]

 

10. Who represented Congress in the Second Round Table Conference?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Moti Lal Nehru
(c) Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Mahatma Gandhi

[R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 2008]

11. At which one of the following Round Table Conferences held in London was Mahatma Gandhi present?

(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) None of the above

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

 

12. Consider the following statements:

Assertion (A): Jawaharlal Nehru represented the Indian National Congress in the second round Table Conference (1932).
Reason (R): It was implicit in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931) that the Indian National Congress would participate in the Second Round Table Conference (1931).

Choose the correct answer from the code given below:

(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.

[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2016]

 

13. Which of the following Round Table Conferences was attended by Gandhiji?

(a) Only First
(b) Only Second
(c) Only Third
(d) First and Third both

[U.P. Lower Sub. (Mains) 2015]

 

14. Mahatma Gandhi, when visited London to participate in the Second Round Table Conference, stayed at:

(a) St. James Palace
(b) Kingsley Hall
(c) India House
(d) None of these

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2003]

 

15. Mahatma Gandhi left Bombay for London to participate in the Second Round Table Conference as a Congress representative on the Ship known as:

(a) S.S. Rajputana
(b) S.S. Viceroy of India
(c) S.S. Mooltan
(d) S.S. Conte Rosso

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

 

16. In which of the following Round Table Conferences, the representative of the Indian National Congress participated for the first time?

(a) First Round Table Conference
(b) Second Round Table Conference
(c) Third Round Table Conference
(d) None of the above

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2008]

 

17. Which one of the following Round Table Conferences was represented by the Indian National Congress?

(a) First Round Table Conference
(b) Second Round Table Conference
(c) Third Round Table Conference
(d) None of the above

[U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004]

 

18. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in December 1931 empty-handed from

(a) London
(b) Moscow
(c) Washington
(d) Tokyo

[44th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000]

 

19. On which issue did the Second Round Table Conference fail?

(a) Communal Delegations
(b) Granting Dominion Status
(c) The date of transfer of ruling power
(d) Postponement of Civil Disobedience Movement

[41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996]

 

20. What was the name of the Indian who participated in all three Round Table Conferences?

(a) B. R. Ambedkar
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(d) Tej Bahadur Sapru

[U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2006, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]

 

21. Who amongst the following attended all three Round Table Conferences?

(a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Madan Mohan Malviya
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) None of the above

[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

 

22. The meeting of Indian and British political leaders during 1930-32 in London has often been referred to as the First, Second, and Third Round Table Conferences. It would be incorrect to refer to them as such because:

(a) The Indian National Congress did not take part in two of them
(b) Indian parties other than the Indian National Congress participating in the Conference represented sectional interests and not the whole of India
(c) The British Labour Party had withdrawn from the Conference making the proceeding of the Conference partisan
(d) It was an instance of a Conference held in three sessions and not that of three separate, conference

[I.A.S. (Pre) 1996]

 

23. Which Round Table Conference was held in 1932?

(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth

[56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2015, 53rd to 55th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011]

 

24. Who wrote the pamphlet ‘Now or Never’?

(a) Md. Jinnah
(b) Md. Iqbal
(c) Rahmat Ali
(d) Khafi Khan
(e) None of the above/ More than one of the above

[63rd B.P.S.C (Pre.) 2017]

 

25. Consider the following statements:
1. In the First Round Table Conference, Dr. Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for the depressed classes.
2. In the Poona Pact, special provisions for representation of the depressed people in the local bodies and civil services were made.
3. The Indian National Congress did not take part in the Third Round Table Conference.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3

[I.A.S. (Pre) 2005]