Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following conclusions most accurately captures the considerations behind Congress acceptance of partition in 1947?

  1. Partition was treated as a compelled compromise that could enable immediate transfer, limit communal violence and prevent the country from breaking into a larger number of sovereign units.
  2. Congress accepted the ideological validity of the two-nation theory and supported complete independence for the princely states.
  3. Partition became acceptable because the Congress-League coalition was functioning effectively and direct-action violence was rapidly declining.
  4. Congress believed that the administrative arrangements for partition were complete and that an early British withdrawal posed no institutional risks.
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