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Which Act outlined the partition of British India in 1947?Read the answer and worked solution →At which moment did India and Pakistan legally come into existence?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two provinces of British India were divided during partition?Read the answer and worked solution →Who became the first Prime Minister of independent India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leader undertook fasts in Calcutta and Delhi to calm communal violence in 1947?Read the answer and worked solution →On which date was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated?Read the answer and worked solution →Who carried out the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan signed a pact in 1950 mainly to protect whom?Read the answer and worked solution →What option did princes of princely states have in 1947?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leader led the integration of the princely states into India?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the code name of the 1948 operation against the Nizam of Hyderabad?Read the answer and worked solution →Hyderabad was ruled by a Muslim Nizam over a mostly which population?Read the answer and worked solution →Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 was a Muslim-majority state ruled by a king of which faith?Read the answer and worked solution →A UN-sponsored ceasefire in the Kashmir war took effect in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →On which date did the Indian Constitution become effective?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Article repealed prior British parliamentary acts for constitutional autochthony?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a key feature of the Constitution of India?Read the answer and worked solution →26 January is celebrated in India as which day?Read the answer and worked solution →When did India hold its first national elections under the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body was established in 1950 to formulate Five-Year Plans?Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru advocated which kind of economy, with public and private sectors together?Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru directed public investment mainly into which kind of industries?Read the answer and worked solution →The death of whom in 1950 left Nehru as the sole iconic national leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Whose fast-unto-death in 1952 sparked demand for reshaping states on linguistic lines?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the States Reorganisation Act passed?Read the answer and worked solution →Maharashtra and Gujarat were created out of which bilingual state in 1960?Read the answer and worked solution →Haryana was carved out of the larger Punjab state in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →After the Muslim League eclipsed, which party dominated Indian politics in the 1950s?Read the answer and worked solution →Which party was the political arm of the RSS?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which Act outlined the partition of British India in 1947?

  1. Government of India Act 1935
  2. Indian Independence Act 1947
  3. Indian Councils Act 1909
  4. Government of India Act 1919
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Correct answer: B. Indian Independence Act 1947

1. The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947. 2. It dissolved the British Raj and created two dominions, India and Pakistan. 3. The Government of India Act 1935 was the older governing document, later replaced by the Constitution. _Source: Wikipedia, History of India (1947–present), Partition of India_

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At which moment did India and Pakistan legally come into existence?

  1. Noon on 15 August 1947
  2. Midnight of 14-15 August 1947
  3. Midnight of 25-26 January 1950
  4. Dawn on 2 October 1947
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Correct answer: B. Midnight of 14-15 August 1947

1. Both dominions came into existence at midnight between 14 and 15 August 1947. 2. India marks 15 August as Independence Day. 3. 26 January 1950 is the date the Constitution took effect, not independence. _Source: Wikipedia, History of India (1947–present), Partition of India_

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Which two provinces of British India were divided during partition?

  1. Bombay and Madras
  2. Bihar and Orissa
  3. Bengal and Punjab
  4. Assam and Sind
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Correct answer: C. Bengal and Punjab

1. The change of borders included dividing two provinces. 2. Those two were Bengal and Punjab, split by religious majority of districts. 3. Bombay, Madras, Bihar and Orissa were not divided between the two dominions. _Source: Wikipedia, History of India (1947–present), Partition of India_

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