Which of the following combination of statements is correct:A. In 193…

Which of the following combination of statements is correct:

A. In 1937, first-time Provincial Elections were held.
B. The Muslim League failed to win a single seat in the North West Frontier Province.
C. The Muslim League did very good in reserved constituencies.
D. All the adult population exercised voting right in 1937.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → A and B Only

A. In 1937, first-time Provincial Elections were held. Correct. In 1937, elections to the provincial legislatures were held for the first time.

B. The Muslim League failed to win a single seat in the North West Frontier Province. Correct. The League failed to win a single seat in the NWFP, and could capture only two out of 84 reserved constituencies in the Punjab and three out of 33 in Sind.

C. The Muslim League did very good in reserved constituencies. Incorrect. In the constituencies reserved for Muslims the Muslim League fared poorly, polling only 4.4 per cent of the total Muslim vote cast.

D. All the adult population exercised voting right in 1937. Incorrect. Only about 10 to 12 per cent of the population enjoyed the right to vote in 1937.

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. 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.…”