Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following statements concerning the Congress and the 1937 provincial elections:

No. Statement
1. The Congress won 716 of the 1,161 seats that it contested.
2. It secured a majority in every province except Bengal, Assam, Punjab, Sindh and the North-West Frontier Province.
3. It emerged as the largest party in Bengal, Assam and the North-West Frontier Province despite lacking a majority there.
4. Its election manifesto conditionally accepted the Government of India Act, 1935 and confined itself to administrative reforms.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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