Assertion (A) : The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939. Reason (R) : The Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to declare war against Germany in the context of the Second World War.

1. Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries, which had taken office in several provinces following the 1937 elections, collectively resigned in October-November 1939. Assertion (A) is true. 2. Reason (R): The resignations were a direct protest against the decision of the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, to declare India a belligerent in the Second World War against Germany without consulting the Congress or elected Indian representatives. The Congress did not accept this unilateral decision. Reason (R) is true. 3. The reason (R) correctly explains the assertion (A).