The Congress ministries resigned in the severn provinces in 1939, because

1. The Congress ministries resigned in October-November 1939 in protest against the decision of the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, to declare India a belligerent in the Second World War without consulting the Indian people or their elected representatives. 2. The Congress demanded a clear statement of war aims from the British government and the formation of a national government at the centre, which was refused. 3. Option (A) is incorrect. The Congress had formed ministries in 8 out of 11 provinces after the 1937 elections. Their inability to form ministries elsewhere was not the reason for resigning where they were in power. 4. Option (B) is incorrect. While ideological differences existed within the Congress (emergence of a left wing), it did not make the working of the ministries impossible nor was it the reason for the mass resignation. 5. Option (C) is incorrect. While communal disturbances were a recurring issue, they were not the specific cause cited for the collective resignation of the Congress ministries in 1939. 6. Since the actual reason (protest against unilateral declaration of war) is not listed in options (A), (B), or (C), the correct answer is (D) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct.