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Correct Answer: Option (A) — Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A
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Standard Reference VerifiedAssertion (A) is true: The Congress ministries in seven provinces (and coalition ministries elsewhere) resigned in October–November 1939.
Reason (R) is true and correctly explains Assertion (A): Viceroy Lord Linlithgow unilaterally declared India a belligerent party in World War II alongside Britain against Germany without consulting the Central Legislature or Indian political leaders, prompting Congress to resign in protest.
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