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UPSC 1998 · Q14 · Modern History › Transfer Of Power & Partition (1945-1947) · Save

Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy with specific instructions to

(a) balkanize the Indian sub-continent
(b) keep India united if possible
(c) accept Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan
(d) persuade the Congress to accept partition
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Answer: (b) keep India united if possible
UPSC 1998 · Q40 · Modern History › Transfer Of Power & Partition (1945-1947) · Save

When the Indian Muslim League was inducted into the interim government in 1946, Liyaqat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of

(a) Foreign affairs
(b) Home
(c) Finance
(d) Defence
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Answer: (c) Finance
UPSC 1998 · Q48 · Modern History › Transfer Of Power & Partition (1945-1947) · Save

The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because

(a) the principle of two Nation theory was then acceptable to them
(b) it was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in this regard
(c) they wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots
(d) India would have otherwise lost the opportunity to attain freedom
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Answer: (c) they wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots