Question

Match the following columns.

COLUMN A	COLUMN B
(i) Ambedkar established the Depressed Classes Association	(A) December 1929
(ii) Gandhiji began the civil disobedience movement	(B) August 1930
(iii) Gandhiji ended the civil disobedience movement	(C) March 1930
(iv) Congress adopted the demand for ‘Purna Swaraj’	(D) March 1931

Answer 1

Hint: The second-round table conference held in London is very important to the above-mentioned event in the question. Gandhiji decided to call off the civil disobedience movement after the Gandhi-Irwin pact which was made during the Second round table conference.

Complete answer:
 Ambedkar established the depressed classes association in August 1930. The demands of this association were:-
a. Reservations for Dalits in educational institutes, b. Separate electorates for Dalits, c. political empowerment of the depressed classes; among others.
Gandhiji began the civil disobedience movement in March 1930, by marching from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi village to break the salt tax imposed by the British.
Gandhiji ended the civil disobedience movement in March 1931 after the Gandhi Irwin Pact was signed in the second round table conference.
Congress adopted the demand for purna swaraj in December 1929, in its Lahore session, the party also urged people to celebrate 26th January as independence day.

Thus, the correct matches are:- (i)-B, (ii)-C, (iii)-D, (iv)-A

Note: Congress called for purna swaraj in 1929 after its breakdown of negotiations with the British government, they believed that the time had to come to call for complete independence and that the British weren’t keen on it. Lord Irwin later promised dominion status but couldn’t keep his word, this led to the failure of the 3rd round table conference and calls for the Non-cooperation movement.