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In the Civil Disobedience sequence preceding the 1932 Alwar Mev revolt, Gandhi returned dissatisfied in December 1931 after attending which event?

Correct answer: (C) Second Round Table Conference.

Gandhi returned dissatisfied in December 1931 after attending the Second Round Table Conference.

  1. (A)

    Dandi March

  2. (B)

    Gandhi-Irwin Pact

  3. (C)

    Second Round Table Conference

  4. (D)

    January 1932 arrests

Explanation

The chronology matters here. The Civil Disobedience Movement began with the Dandi March, was temporarily paused by the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, and then Gandhi attended the Second Round Table Conference in 1931. The UK Parliament page confirms that the Round Table Conferences were held between 1930 and 1932 to discuss India’s future government, that Congress had not joined the first conference because of the Civil Disobedience Movement and arrests, and that Gandhi attended the second conference after the compromise with Lord Irwin. Gandhi returned dissatisfied in December 1931, and arrests followed only after the renewed movement in January 1932. That places the Second Round Table Conference immediately before the 1932 Alwar Mev revolt sequence.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) The Dandi March began the Civil Disobedience Movement on 12 March 1930; it was not the event Gandhi attended before returning in December 1931.
  • (B) The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was the March 1931 compromise that paused the movement and enabled Gandhi’s participation; it was not the conference from which he returned dissatisfied.
  • (D) The January 1932 arrests came after the movement was renewed, so they cannot explain Gandhi’s December 1931 return.

Concept

This tests the Civil Disobedience chronology behind a Rajasthan History question: national milestones are used to frame the 1932 Alwar Mev revolt. RAS often expects candidates to place Rajasthan events within the wider all-India freedom movement sequence.

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