Prelims 2012 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 25
The Congress ministries resigned in the seven provinces in 1939, because:
Answer
None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct.
- (a) Incorrect. Congress resigned in 1939 not because it failed to form ministries in the remaining provinces, but because the Viceroy involved India in World War II without consulting Indian representatives.
- (b) Incorrect. The left wing within Congress created internal ideological tensions, but it was not the reason for the resignation of the provincial ministries.
- (c) Incorrect. Widespread communal disturbances were not the cause of the resignations.
- (d) Correct. None of (a), (b), or (c) states the actual reason; the real cause was the protest against India being dragged into WWII without consultation and the refusal of the British to clarify war aims in relation to Indian self-government.