Arrange the following in a chronological order according to the year of formation.
A. All-India Muslim League
B. Hindu Mahasabha
C. 1937 Provincial Elections
D. Lucknow Pact
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A, B, D, C
A. All-India Muslim League — initially floated in Dhaka in 1906, it was quickly taken over by the U.P.-based Muslim elite.
B. Hindu Mahasabha — founded in 1915, it was a Hindu party that remained confined to North India.
D. Lucknow Pact — the Lucknow Pact of December 1916 was an understanding between the Congress and the Muslim League whereby the Congress accepted separate electorates.
C. 1937 Provincial Elections — in 1937, elections to the provincial legislatures were held for the first time.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Understanding Partition’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “3.2 The provincial elections of 1937 and the Congress ministries … In 1937, elections to the provincial legislatures were held for the first time. Only about 10 to 12 per cent of the population enjoyed the right to vote. The Congress did well in the elections, winning an absolute majority in five out of eleven provinces and forming governments in seven of them.…”
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