Question

The Congress ministries resigned in the seven provinces in 1939, because

• A. the Congress could not form ministries in the other four provinces
• B. emergence of a ‘left wing’ in the Congress made the working of the ministries impossible
• C. there were widespread communal disturbances in their provinces
• D. None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above are correct

Answer 1

The correct option is D None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above are correct

The Congress ministries resigned in October and November 1939, in protest against Viceroy Lord Linlithgow's action of dragging India into the Second World War without the consent of her people.