With reference to the August Offer, consider the following statements:
1. The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer.
2. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time.
3. It proposed that no future constitution shall be adopted without the consent of the minorities.
4. Jawahar Lal Nehru said that the whole idea was “as dead as a doornail”.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
1
1 and 3
2
2 and 4
3
1, 2 and 3
4
1, 2, 3, and 4
5
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