Which one of the following statements about the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1

Which one of the following statements about the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931 is correct ?

The Government would not release those prisoners who had been non-violent.
The Government would not release those prisoners who had indulged in the peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops.
The Congress did not agree to the suspension of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
The Congress agreed to take part in the Second Round Table Conference.
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UPSC CDS-1 – 2021
The Gandhi-Irwin Pact, signed on March 5, 1931, was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin, the Viceroy of India. A key term of the pact was that the Indian National Congress would agree to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement and participate in the Second Round Table Conference in London.
– The pact aimed to resolve the political impasse following the Civil Disobedience Movement.
– Other provisions included the release of political prisoners not convicted of violence, the right to peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops, and the return of confiscated properties not yet sold.
Option A is incorrect because the pact specifically agreed to release prisoners who had been non-violent. Option B is incorrect because the pact allowed peaceful picketing. Option C is incorrect because the Congress agreed to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement as part of the pact.
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