Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Arrange the following events in chronological order:

  1. Attlee announced Britain’s intention to leave the Indian subcontinent.
  2. A Congress Working Committee resolution officially referred to the partition of Punjab and, by implication, Bengal if India was divided.
  3. The Mountbatten Plan was announced.
  4. The British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act.
  5. The Indian Independence Act received royal assent.
  1. 1-3-2-4-5
  2. 2-1-3-5-4
  3. 1-2-3-4-5
  4. 1-2-4-3-5
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