Which one of the following is not correct about the first general ele…

The correct answer is Option (2) → The Congress Socialist Party came next in terms of seats, won only 16 seats.

Option (1) The Congress party won 364 of the 489 seats in the first Lok Sabha. True. It finished way ahead of any other challenger.

Option (2) The Congress Socialist Party came next in terms of seats, won only 16 seats. False. The party that came next with only 16 seats was the Communist Party of India. The Congress Socialist Party was a group formed within the Congress in 1934; by the first election its members had left to form a separate Socialist Party (1948).

Option (3) The Congress won a majority of seats in all states except Travancore-Cochin, Madras and Orissa. True.

Option (4) The Congress ruled all over the country at the national and the state level. True. Even in the three states where it had no majority, the Congress formed the government.