In the elections to the provincial legislatures in 1937 in British India 1. only about 10 to 12 percent of the population had the right to vote 2. the untouchables had no right to vote 3. the Congress won an absolute majority in five out of eleven provinc

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Q: 83 (CDS-I/2017)
In the elections to the provincial legislatures in 1937 in British India
1. only about 10 to 12 percent of the population had the right to vote
2. the untouchables had no right to vote
3. the Congress won an absolute majority in five out of eleven provinces
4. the Muslim League won more than 80 percent of the seats reserved for Muslims
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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History

question_exam: 

CDS-I

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0,15,52,20,16,24,7

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{'provincial legislatures': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'absolute majority': [3, 0, 2, 2], 'elections': [1, 1, 0, 1], 'provinces': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'muslim league': [4, 0, 4, 1], 'seats': [6, 6, 8, 25], 'british india': [2, 1, 6, 8], 'percent': [5, 1, 3, 14], 'muslims': [5, 2, 4, 5], 'congress': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'population': [3, 1, 2, 1], 'untouchables': [0, 0, 0, 1]}

Option 1 is incorrect because it includes option 4, which is not correct. Option 1 states that only about 10 to 12 percent of the population had the right to vote. This is true because at that time, voting rights were limited to a small portion of the population.

Option 2 is incorrect because it states that the untouchables had no right to vote. However, this is not mentioned in the given information. Without any information about the voting rights of the untouchables, we cannot assume whether they had the right to vote or not.

Option 3 is correct. It states that the Congress won an absolute majority in five out of eleven provinces. The given information does not specify the number of provinces or the absolute majority, but it does mention that the Congress won in a majority of provinces.

Option 4 is incorrect because it includes option 2, which is not correct. Option 4 states that the Muslim League won more than 80 percent of the seats reserved for Muslims. The given information does not mention anything about the Muslim League or the percentage of seats it won.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 3 - 1 and 3 only.

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