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About how many people had to move across the new India-Pakistan frontiers?Read the answer and worked solution →Separate electorates for Muslims were created by the colonial government in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →In which pact of December 1916 did the Congress accept separate electorates?Read the answer and worked solution →The Arya Samaj effort to bring recent converts back to the Hindu fold was called:Read the answer and worked solution →In the 1937 provincial elections, what share of the population could vote?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1937 the Muslim League polled what share of the total Muslim vote?Read the answer and worked solution →The Muslim League was first floated in which city in 1906?Read the answer and worked solution →The Hindu Mahasabha was founded in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Who coined the name Pakistan in pamphlets of 1933 and 1935?Read the answer and worked solution →The Muslim League passed its resolution on autonomy for Muslim-majority areas on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Punjab Premier and Unionist leader drafted the 1940 resolution yet opposed a Muslim Raj in Punjab?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Urdu poet spoke in 1930 of a North-West Indian Muslim state within a loose India?Read the answer and worked solution →In the 1946 elections the League won how many of the 30 Muslim seats at the Centre?Read the answer and worked solution →The Cabinet Mission of March 1946 recommended what kind of structure for India?Read the answer and worked solution →After the Cabinet Mission failed, who besides Gandhi continued to firmly oppose Partition?Read the answer and worked solution →The League declared which date as Direct Action Day in 1946?Read the answer and worked solution →In March 1947 the Congress high command voted to divide which province into two halves?Read the answer and worked solution →Which administrator in Bahawalpur noted that police fired no shot during the Amritsar killings of March 1947?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi toured villages on foot in October 1946 to protect Hindus in which area of East Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many abducted women were recovered by the two governments in an operation ending in 1954?Read the answer and worked solution →In which village of Rawalpindi district did ninety Sikh women jump into a well during Partition?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Pakistan lettersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Partition yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Partition opponentsRead the answer and worked solution →League or CongressRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the sectionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Partition bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Permanent Settlement of Bengal came into operation in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →

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About how many people had to move across the new India-Pakistan frontiers?

  1. 25 million
  2. 15 million
  3. 5 million
  4. 50 million
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Correct answer: B. 15 million

1. Refugees lost homes, fields and fortunes. 2. Some 15 million crossed the shadow lines. 3. Boundaries were announced two days after independence. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 14, Understanding Partition: Politics, Memories, Experiences._

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Separate electorates for Muslims were created by the colonial government in which year?

  1. 1909
  2. 1919
  3. 1935
  4. 1947
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Correct answer: A. 1909

1. They were expanded in 1919. 2. Separate electorates began in 1909. 3. They hardened religious identities in politics. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 14, Understanding Partition: Politics, Memories, Experiences._

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In which pact of December 1916 did the Congress accept separate electorates?

  1. Delhi Pact
  2. Lucknow Pact
  3. Poona Pact
  4. Karachi Pact
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Correct answer: B. Lucknow Pact

1. It was an understanding with the Muslim League. 2. The Lucknow Pact was signed in December 1916. 3. It joined Moderates, Radicals and the League. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 14, Understanding Partition: Politics, Memories, Experiences._

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