Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following statements regarding the elections of 1945-46:

No. Statement
1. Congress obtained approximately 91 per cent of the non-Muslim vote.
2. Congress won 57 of the 102 seats in the Central Assembly.
3. The Muslim League obtained approximately 86.6 per cent of the Muslim vote and won all 30 reserved Central Assembly seats.
4. A Unionist-Congress-Akali coalition headed by Khizr Hayat Khan formed the government in Punjab.

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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