Provinces under Congress Rule

1. In which one of the following provinces

was a Congress ministry not formed under

the Act of 1935? (UPSC /IAS 2005 )

a) Bihar

b) Madras

c) Orissa

d) Punjab

2. Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in

all the provinces resigned in the year 1939.

Reason (R): The Congress did not accept the

decision of the Viceroy to declare war

against Germany in the context of the

Second World War. (UPSC /IAS2008)

a) Both A and R are true but R is the correct
explanation of A

b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
explanation of A

c) A is true but R is false

d) A is false but R is true

3. Consider the following statements: (UPSC /IAS 2010 )

1) The “Bombay Manifesto” signed in 1936

openly opposed the preaching of socialist

ideals

2) It evoked support from a large section of

business community from all across India

Which of the statements given above is/are

correct?

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

4. The Congress ministries resigned in the

seven provinces in 1939 because(UPSC /IAS 2012)

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

5. The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged

that after the Second World War (UPSC /IAS 2016)

a) India should be granted complete
independence

b) India should be partitioned into two before
granting independence

c) India should be made a republic with the
condition that she will join the
Commonwealth

d) India should be given Dominion status

6. The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged