Mountbatten Plan and the Reactions of Different Groups

Q. The Muslim League accepted the Mountbatten Plan on .

1. 10 June, 1947
2. 15 August, 1947
3. 20 May, 1947

Q. Choose the clauses of the Mountbatten Plan.

1. Partition of India and creation of two independent dominions of India and Pakistan.
2. The Princely States would be free to join either India or Pakistan.
3. Both the dominions would follow the same Constitution but elect their own Constituent Assemblies.
4. Setting up a Boundary Commission to settle the boundaries of the two dominions of India and Pakistan.

Q. He succeeded Lord Wavell as the Viceroy of India on 24 March, 1947. He constituted a new plan that was entirely different from the Cabinet Mission Plan drafted by his predecessor. He recommended the creation of Pakistan and its separation from India. Identify this person.

1. C. Rajagopalachari
2. Lord Mountbatten
3. Lord Warren Hastings
4. Robert Clive

Q. Consider the following about the Mountbatten Plan and fill in the blank with the correct answer:

The district of Sylhet in Assam had a Muslim-majority population. Through a ____, it would decide whether to join East Bengal or remain in Assam.

1. Election
2. Plebiscite
3. Referendum
4. Initiative

Q. The final Clause of the Mountbatten Plan mentioned that the transfer of power from the British to the Indians would take place before ____.

1. 1947
2. 1949
3. 1950
4. 1948

Q. The Mountbatten Plan was unveiled on .

1. 30 June, 1947
2. 24 June, 1947
3. 3 June, 1947

Q. Assertion (A): The Muslim League was elated with the Mountbatten Plan.
Reason (R): The Mountbatten Plan recommended the creation of Pakistan and its separation from India.

1. Both A and R are false.
2. A is true but R is false.
3. Both A and R are true.
4. A is false but R is true.

Q. Identify the leader(s) who were not a part of the discussion with Viceroy Mountbatten about the transfer of power from the British to India.

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
3. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
4. Jawaharlal Nehru

Q. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?

1. Lord Canning
2. Lord Dalhousie
3. Lord William Bentinck
4. Lord Mountbatten

Q. The territories of East Bengal, West Punjab, Sind, and the Northwest Frontier Province chose to join Pakistan after the Partition.

1. True
2. False

Q. The most important clause of the Mountbatten Plan was the partition of India into two dominions of Pakistan and Bangladesh.

1. True
2. False