Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following statements concerning the proposed partition of Bengal:

No. Statement
1. Bengal proper was expected to contain 17 million Bengalis and 37 million Hindi- and Oriya-speaking people.
2. The western portion was designed as a Hindu-majority area.
3. Eastern Bengal was designed as a Muslim-majority area with Dacca as its capital.
4. Calcutta was transferred from Bengal to Eastern Bengal and Assam.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All four
  4. Only three
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