Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Understanding Partition

Question:

Related to the Provincial elections of 1937 in India, choose the incorrect option.

Options:

There were fifteen provinces where the elections were held

Only 10-12% of Indians were eligible to vote

Muslim League performed poorly

Congress won an absolute majority in five provinces

Correct Answer:

There were fifteen provinces where the elections were held

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1 - There were fifteen provinces where the elections were held

Correction in Option 1- There were ELEVEN provinces where the elections were held.

The correct options are:

Option 2- Only 10-12% of Indians were eligible to vote
Option 3- Muslim League performed poorly
Option 4- Congress won an absolute majority in five provinces

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. It did badly in the constituencies reserved for Muslims, but the Muslim League also fared poorly, polling only 4.4 per cent of the total Muslim vote cast in this election. The League failed to win a single seat in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and could capture only two out of 84 reserved constituencies in the Punjab and three out of 33 in Sind.