Question

The Second Round Table Conference failed over the question of __________.
A. Communal representation
B. Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
C. Grant of dominion status
D. Date of transfer of power

Answer 1

Hint:In the Second Round table conference, Gandhi was the sole representative of congress.
Most of the time in the conference was devoted to the communal questions and the representation of minorities in the legislature both at the center as well as the provinces.
The Congress, which had destroyed and boycotted the first meeting, asked Sapru, M. R. Jayakar, and V. S. Srinivasa Sastri to come to a settlement.
The settlement between Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Irwin at the second session of the Round Table Meeting, which opened on 7 September, was not valid for the Congress.

Complete answer:
The Second Round table conference was the first conference arranged between the British and the Indians, and many delegates of India attended this conference.
At the Conference, Mahatma Gandhi represented the Indian National Congress, and Sarojini Naidu represented the Indian women, and others who attended this conference were S K Dutta, Sir Mirza Ismail Dewan of Mysore, Madan Mohan Malaviya, and Sir Syed Ali Imam.
The delegates who attended this conference included careerists, loyalists, communalists, big landlords and representatives of the princess, etc. The Conference had the Muslim League, the Liberals, the Hindu Mahasabha, and even the princess.
The Second Round table conference was failed due to the Communal representation.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note:This conference was held from 7 September 1931 to 1 December 1931 in London.
Before the two weeks of the conference began, the Labour government was replaced by the conservatives.
There was a division in the view of the delegates because of which the outcomes of the conference had no substantial results regarding India’s future.