(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 is correct.
Answer: (d)
In February 1937, elections to the provincial assemblies were held. Congress ministries were formed in Bombay, Madras, Central Provinces, Orissa, United Provinces, Bihar and later in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Assam also and won 716 out of 1,161 seats it contested. (There were 1,585 seats in the legislative assemblies of the eleven provinces). It got a majority in all provinces, except in Bengal, Assam, Punjab, Sindh and the NWFP, and emerged as the largest party in Bengal, Assam and the NWFP.
Option (d) is correct: At the outbreak of World War II, the Viceroy announced India’s involvement without consulting the main political parties. Congress demanded an immediate transfer of power in return for cooperation in the war, however the British Government refused. As a result, the Congress ministries resigned from power on December 22, 1939. Jinnah asked the Muslims to celebrate this day as Day of Deliverance.