1. Invitation to Congress to participate in the Round Table Conference

2. Withdrawal of Ordinances promulgated in connection with the Civil Disobedience Movement

3. Acceptance of Gandhiji’s suggestion for enquiry into police excesses.

4. Release of only those prisoners who were not charged with violence

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only

(b) 1, 2, and 4 only

(c) 3 only

(d) 2, 3, and 4 only

Answer: b

Explanation:

The Pact was signed by Gandhiji on behalf of the Congress and by Lord Irwin on behalf of the Government on 5th march 1931.

The terms of agreement included:

●        The immediate release of of all political prisoners not convicted for violence

●        The remission of all fines not yet collected

●        The return of confiscated lands not yet sold to third parties

●        Lenient treatment for those government employees who had resigned.

●        The government also conceded the right to make salt for consumption to villages along the coast

●        As also the right to peaceful and non-aggressive picketing

The Congress demand for a public inquiry into police excess was not accepted.The Congress, on its part agreed to discontinue the Civil Disobedience Movement. It was also understood that the Congress would participate in the next Round Table Conference.

Hence, option b is correct.

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