INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -An agreement signed on March 5, 1931, between Mohandas K. Gandhi and Lord Irwin was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. At the time, the State Secretary was Wedgwood Benn. Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Gandhi–Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, on 5 March 1931 before the Second Round Table Conference in London.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is The Civil Disobedience Movement would be called off. Gandhi–Irwin Pact was signed on 5 March 1931.

Detailed explanation-4: -However, Britishers wanted Indian National Congress to participate in the second round table conference. Hence statement 1 is correct. Congress President Sardar Vallabhai Patel authorised Gandhi to hold talks with Lord Irwin. Gandhi met Lord Irwin during the Second Round Table Conference in London in 1931.

Detailed explanation-5: -Explanation: The Gandhi-Irwin Pact terminated the Civil Disobedience Movement on a temporary basis. Through the Gandhiji Pact, the Gandhiji Pact decided to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Congress decided to take part in the Second Round Table Conference.