Previous Year Question
During the Indian National Movement, when did the Congress Ministries resign?
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
The Congress Ministries resigned in 1939.
The development was directly connected with the outbreak of the Second World War. India was committed to the war by the British authorities without obtaining the consent of its elected Indian representatives.
The official biography of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai, published by the Prime Minister's Office, Government of India,
explicitly states that the Congress Ministries went out of office in 1939 inprotest against India's involvement in the World War without the consent of the people.
Official NIOS material provides the wider context. Congress had formed ministries in seven provinces after the 1937 elections. When the Second World War began in 1939, Congress refused unconditional cooperation and demanded a clear political commitment from the British. When the British did not agree, all the Congress Ministries resigned in protest in 1939.