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Subject: Modern History Chapter: Post-Civil Disobedience Movement (1935-1939)

2012 PYQ

Question 35

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

Choose one answer Athe Congress could not form ministries in the other four provinces Bemergence of a 'left wing' in the Congress made the working of the ministries impossible Cthere were widespread communal disturbances in their provinces DNone of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct

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Correct answer: D

Correct Option: D Explanation: Congress provincial ministries resigned in 1939 after the Viceroy committed British India to World War II without consulting Indian representatives. Option-wise Analysis: A: Incorrect - Resignation was not caused by failure to form ministries in the remaining provinces. B: Incorrect - Internal left-right tensions were not the principal immediate cause. C: Incorrect - Widespread communal unrest was not the event behind coordinated resignations. D: Correct - Correct: all three stated reasons omit Britain’s unilateral entry into the war.

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