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UPSC 2000 · Q8 · Modern History › Transfer Of Power & Partition (1945-1947) · Save
At the time of partition of India,
which one of the following provinces of the British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence?
(a) Punjab
(b) Assam
(c) Bengal
(d) Bihar
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Answer: (c) Bengal
UPSC 2000 · Q15 · Modern History › Transfer Of Power & Partition (1945-1947) · Save
The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain-child of
(a) W. Churchill
(b) M. A. Jinnah
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) V. P. Menon
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Answer: (c) Lord Mountbatten
UPSC 2000 · Q70 · Modern History › Transfer Of Power & Partition (1945-1947) · Save
As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he
(a) postpone granting of independence
(b) invite Jinnah to form the government
(c) invite Nehru and Jinnah to form the government together
(d) invite the army to take over for some time
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Answer: (b) invite Jinnah to form the government