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UPSC History Expansion Company and Bengal Nawabs Question Bank British Rule and Its Impacts and Regional Powers

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    Consider the following provinces of British India and identify those where the Indian National Congress did not form ministry in 1937? [UP-RO 2016]
    1. Central Provinces
    2. Orissa
    3. Bengal
    4. Punjab
    Select the correct answer from the code given below-

    A)  1 and 2

    B)  3 and 4

    C)  2 and 3

    D)  1 and 4

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     Provincial elections were held in British India in the winter of 1936-37 as mandated by the Government of India Act 1935. Elections were held in eleven provinces. The final result were declared in February 1937. The Indian National congress emerged in power in eight of the provinces the three exceptions my being Bengal. Punjab and Sindh. The All India Muslim League failed to form the government in any province.


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