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The Muslim League argued that India was made of two peoples, Hindus and Muslims. What was this called?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Pakistan emerge as two separate territories in 1947?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leader of the North Western Frontier Province, called Frontier Gandhi, opposed the two-nation theory?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two provinces were split at district level because both had large non-Muslim areas?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many people were forced to migrate across the new border in 1947?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's population was Muslim in 1951, after Partition migration?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi's last fast, which calmed communal violence in Delhi, was in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →Who shot Mahatma Gandhi at his evening prayer on 30 January 1948?Read the answer and worked solution →Which organisation was banned for some time after Gandhi's assassination?Read the answer and worked solution →How many princely states became legally free when British paramountcy lapsed?Read the answer and worked solution →Which princely state was the first to announce it would stay independent?Read the answer and worked solution →Who, as Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, negotiated the princely states into India?Read the answer and worked solution →Rulers who agreed to join India signed which document?Read the answer and worked solution →How was the accession of Junagadh finally settled?Read the answer and worked solution →The Nizam of Hyderabad signed a Standstill Agreement with India in which month?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the Nizam's para-military force that attacked the people of Hyderabad called?Read the answer and worked solution →When did the Indian army move into Hyderabad, forcing the Nizam to surrender?Read the answer and worked solution →Which was the first part of India to hold an election on universal adult franchise, in June 1948?Read the answer and worked solution →Congress accepted the linguistic principle for its own organisation after which session?Read the answer and worked solution →Potti Sriramulu died after a fast of how many days for a separate Andhra?Read the answer and worked solution →The States Reorganisation Commission was set up in 1953. Its Act of 1956 created how many states?Read the answer and worked solution →Maharashtra and Gujarat were carved from bilingual Bombay state in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the hard casesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the 1956 makersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the 1947 wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Which state joined howRead the answer and worked solution →Which year, which stateRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Nation building bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The Muslim League argued that India was made of two peoples, Hindus and Muslims. What was this called?

  1. Two-nation theory
  2. Drain theory
  3. Lapse theory
  4. Instrument theory
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Correct answer: A. Two-nation theory

1. The League said India had two peoples. 2. This was the two-nation theory. 3. The Congress opposed it, yet Partition happened. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1, Challenges of Nation Building._

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Why did Pakistan emerge as two separate territories in 1947?

  1. Punjab demanded two territories
  2. Muslim areas lay west and east
  3. The British wanted two colonies
  4. Bengal refused to join Pakistan
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Correct answer: B. Muslim areas lay west and east

1. There was no single belt of Muslim majority areas. 2. One lay in the west and one in the east. 3. So West and East Pakistan were separated by Indian land. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1, Challenges of Nation Building._

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Which leader of the North Western Frontier Province, called Frontier Gandhi, opposed the two-nation theory?

  1. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
  2. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  3. Liaquat Ali Khan
  4. Sikandar Hayat Khan
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Correct answer: A. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

1. Not all Muslim majority areas wanted Pakistan. 2. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan opposed the two-nation theory. 3. The NWFP was still merged with Pakistan. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1, Challenges of Nation Building._

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