{"id":3845,"date":"2026-08-21T13:21:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T07:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2026-08-21T14:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:53:43","slug":"round-table-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/round-table-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Table Conferences 1930-32, First, Second, Third Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>Round Table Conferences<\/strong> were a series of three high-level meetings held by the British government in London<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">between 1930 and 1932. Their goal was to plan constitutional reforms and future government structures for India based on the Simon Commission report.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Round Table Conferences<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> involved British leaders, representatives of Indian princely states, minority communities, liberals, and selected political groups. However, their effectiveness was limited because the Indian National Congress, the principal nationalist organisation, did not participate in the First and Third Round Table Conferences.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Round Table Conferences 1930-32<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Round Table Conferences were held in London by the British government between 1930 and 1932 to review India's constitutional reforms and address rising nationalist demands.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>First Round Table Conference (Nov 1930 - Jan 1931): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Indian National Congress stayed out due to the Civil Disobedience Movement, resulting in limited progress.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Second Round Table Conference (Sep \u2013 Dec 1931):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Mahatma Gandhi participated as the Congress\u2019s sole representative following the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. However, disagreements over minority representation prevented any consensus.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Third Round Table Conference (November - December 1932):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Congress and the British Labour Party did not attend, limiting the conference's significance and conclusions.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Round Table Conferences Background<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The demand for constitutional reform in India intensified after the First World War. The British government had enacted the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/government-of-india-act-1919\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Government of India Act 1919<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which introduced dyarchy in provinces but failed to satisfy Indian political aspirations. The key reasons for convening the Round Table Conferences are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Simon Commission Boycott:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The all-British Simon Commission of 1928 lacked Indian representation, triggering widespread nationwide protests and boycotts.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Demand for Dominion Status:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Escalating demands for self-government led Viceroy Lord Irwin to propose future discussions regarding Indian dominion status.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/civil-disobedience-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Civil Disobedience Movement<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Mahatma Gandhi launched large-scale public protests and the historic Salt March, compelling the British to seek a political compromise.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Failure of the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/nehru-report\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Nehru Report<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Disagreements over internal minority safeguards in the Nehru Report highlighted deep factional divisions, convincing the British that imperial mediation was necessary to reach a consensus.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Round Table Conferences Objectives<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>objectives of the Round Table Conferences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> were to discuss India\u2019s constitutional future, examine the possibility of establishing a federal system, provide greater provincial autonomy, address the representation and safeguards of minorities and depressed classes, determine the role of princely states, and formulate a framework for future constitutional reforms in India.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First Round Table Conference<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The First Round Table Conference was held in London from 12 November 1930 to 19 January 1931. It was held in response to the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/simon-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Simon Commission<\/b><\/a><b> Report's<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> shortcomings by the Labour Government led by <\/span><b>Ramsay MacDonald<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in London. It was the first time that Indians and the British met as <\/span><b>'equals'.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> On November 12th, 1930, the first conference began.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The First Round Table Conference was attended by delegates representing various Indian political groups, princely states, and British political parties, but it was boycotted entirely by the Indian National Congress.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"tb-color\">\r\n<p><b>Date: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12th November, 1930<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"tb-color\">\r\n<p><b>Place: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">London<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Presided by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- Ramsay MacDonald (Prime Minister of Britain)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Participants<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-The Princely States, Muslim League, Justice Party, Hindu Mahasabha, and others were among those who attended.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/foundation-of-indian-national-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Indian National Congress<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as well as other prominent politicians, did not participate because Congress decided to boycott the round table conferences at the Lahore session, and majority of leaders had been imprisoned for being involved in the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Civil Disobedience Movement.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Issues Discussed<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- The<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">federal government structure.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- The executive's<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">accountability to the legislature.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- <\/span><b>Separate electorates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for \"untouchables\" as proposed by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/dr-br-ambedkar\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Dr B R Ambedkar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- Tej Bahadur Sapru proposed an All-India Federation. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/muslim-league\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Muslim League<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> agreed with this.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Outcome<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- It was generally agreed that if India was to develop into a federation, there were to be safeguards regarding <\/span><b>defence <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><b>finance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, while other departments were to be transferred.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-The Indian National Congress leaders continued the Civil Disobedience Movement during the First Round Table Conference. As a result, the First Round Table Conference was deemed a failure.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Second Round Table Conference<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Second Round Table Conference was held in London from September to December 1931. The British Government acknowledged the importance of the Congress Party's participation in Round Table Conferences for effective reform implementation and expressed hope that INC leaders would attend the Second Round Table Conference. Mahatma Gandhi attended as the sole representative of the Indian National Congress.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lord Irwin met with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www5.open.ac.uk\/research-projects\/making-britain\/content\/mohandas-karamchand-gandhi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gandhi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to reach a compromise. On 5 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">March 1931, Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin signed the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/gandhi-irwin-pact\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Gandhi-Irwin Pact<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and they agreed on the following to pave the way for the Congress' participation in the second Round Table Conference:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congress would end the <\/span><b>Civil Disobedience Movement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and attend the second Round Table Conference.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The government would withdraw all ordinances enacted to restrain the Congress.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The government would cease all prosecutions for nonviolent offences.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The government would release all individuals serving prison sentences for their involvement in the Civil Disobedience Movement.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"tb-color\">\r\n<p><b>Date:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 7th September 1931<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"tb-color\">\r\n<p><b>Place:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> London<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Presided by\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- Ramsay MacDonald<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Participants<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- <\/span><b>Indian National Congress<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which was solely represented by Gandhi, the <\/span><b>Muslim League<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Hindu Mahasabha, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and others.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- Representatives from Burma, as well as Sindh, Assam, Central Provinces, and the NWFP, were also present.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Issues discussed<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- Gandhi demanded the immediate establishment of a responsible government at the national and provincial levels. He also stated that:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congress was India's sole political representative.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The idea of a <\/span><b>separate electorate for untouchables<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was rejected, with the claim that they were Hindus and thus should not be treated as a minority.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was unnecessary to have <\/span><b>separate electorates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or special safeguards for <\/span><b>Muslims or other minorities.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Many of the other delegates were opposed to Gandhi.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Outcomes<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- This session only widened the difference between Congress and minorities.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- MacDonald ended the session with an address announcing the:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Creation of two new Muslim-majority provinces<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, North West Frontier Province and Sindh,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Formation of an Indian Consultative Committee<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Set up a committee on<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> franchise, finance and states and held out the degrading and perilous possibility of a unilateral <\/span><b>British Communal Award.<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Third Round Table Conference<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Third Round Table Conference<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was held in <\/span><b>November 1932<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to finalise India\u2019s constitutional roadmap. It was convened after Gandhi relaunched the Civil Disobedience Movement upon returning empty-handed from the second conference, leading to the re-arrest of Congress leaders, a boycott by major parties, and the eventual drafting of the Government of India Act 1935.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"tb-color\">\r\n<p><b>Date: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">November 17, 1932<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"tb-color\">\r\n<p><b>Place:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> London<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Presided by<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- Ramsay MacDonald<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Participants<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- Attended by 46 delegates, but the Indian National Congress and the <\/span><b>Labour Party<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the United Kingdom decided not to attend.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- <\/span><b>Dr. B. R. Ambedkar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Depressed Classes).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- Indian princely states were represented by princes and divans.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- Muhammad Ali, Agha Khan, and Fazlul Haq were among the<\/span><b> Muslim leaders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> who attended the conference.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Issues Discussed<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-\u00a0 In the Conference, the reports of the Sub-Committees appointed during the Second Round Table Conference were heard and formed the basis of discussions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- Some more details about the new constitution were settled. - The <\/span><b>Indian delegates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tried to push through some progressive provisions, which were instantly put into cold storage.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- Similarly, the question of including a <\/span><b>Bill of Rights<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the citizens was shelved on flimsy excuses.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Outcomes<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- In March 1933, the British Government came out with the <\/span><b>White Paper<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> containing the proposals, indicating the line on which the new <\/span><b>Constitution of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was to take shape.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">- On this basis, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/government-of-india-act-1935\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Government of India Act of 1935<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was enacted.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Round Table Conferences Outcomes<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Round Table Conferences failed to meet Indian nationalist demands for self-government. However, they had significant constitutional consequences. Major outcomes included:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Acceptance of the idea of an <\/span><b>All-India Federation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recognition of the need for greater provincial autonomy.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detailed discussion on minority representation and communal electorates.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emergence of the Communal Award and Poona Pact.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Preparation of constitutional proposals that led to the Government of India Act, 1935.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Round Table Conferences Significance<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Round Table Conferences are important in the history of India's freedom struggle for several reasons. They brought major Indian constitutional questions before an international forum. They also highlighted the complexity of India\u2019s social, regional, and political diversity.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Foundation for the 1935 Act: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The British administration collated the debates and ideas from these conferences and created the administration of India Act in 1935. This act served as the blueprint for independent India's constitution.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Equality in Negotiations:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> For the first time, Indian and British leaders sat down as political equals to negotiate India's fate, rather than the British imposing unilateral judgements.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Framework for a Federal India: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The conferences created the concept of a united India, including British-administered provinces and sovereign Princely States, into a single federal system.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Rise of Dalit Representation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The conferences provided an important platform for Ambedkar to articulate the political rights of the Depressed Classes on the world political scene.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Deep Communal Divides:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The conferences revealed serious disputes among Indian politicians about minority rights and separate electorates (particularly among Hindus, Muslims and Dalits).<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Round Table Conferences Limitations<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite their importance, the conferences failed to achieve their primary objective of reaching a broad constitutional settlement. The absence of agreement between Gandhi, Ambedkar, Muslim representatives, princes, and British leaders particularly weakened the Second Round Table Conference. The major limitations of these conferences included the following:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Congress did not attend the First and Third Conferences.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There was no consensus among Indian groups on minority representation.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The British government was unwilling to transfer real power immediately.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Princely states were hesitant to join a federal arrangement.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The British policy of safeguarding imperial interests limited meaningful reforms.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Communal and political divisions weakened the possibility of a united Indian position.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Round Table Conferences UPSC PYQs<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><b>Q1: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Highlight the importance of the new objectives that got added to the vision of Indian Independence since the twenties of the last century. <\/span><b>(UPSC Mains 2017)<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Q2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, consider the following events: <\/span><b>(UPSC Prelims 2017)<\/b><\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Quit India Movement launched<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Second Round Table Conference<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(a) 1-2-3<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(b) 2-1-3<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(c) 3-1-2<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(d) 3-2-1<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Ans: (d)<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Q3: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consider the following statements : <\/span><b>(UPSC Prelims 2009)<\/b><\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The discussions in the Third Round Table Conference eventually led to the passing of the Government of India Act of 1935.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Government of India Act of 1935 provided for the establishment of an All India Federation to be based on a Union of the provinces of British India and the Princely States.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(a) 1 only<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(b) 2 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