Question

Assertion (A): Mountbatten said that the partition of India was inevitable.

Reason (R): Muslim League of India was determined to form a separate Nation.

Choose the correct answer from below:

• A. Both, A and R, are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
• B. Both, A and R, are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
• C. A is true, but R is false.
• D. A is false, but R is true.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Both, A and R, are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

Gandhiji had no alternative other than accepting the demand of the Muslim League for making Pakistan. On August 16th 1946, the Muslim League pressurised the government for a separate nation, which in result was fulfilled, on June 3rd 1947, Mountbatten decided to plan the partition of India.