Question

Assertion [A]: The boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan is known as the Radcliffe Line.

Reason [R]: In 1947, Radcliffe was the chairman of the border commission that drew this line.

Read the above given statements carefully and select the option that is true.

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

Answer 1

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

The boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan known as the Radcliffe Line came into force on 17 August, 1947. The boundary line is named after Sir Cyril Radcliffe, the man who had the thankless job of drawing the lines of partition to carve out Muslim majority Pakistan from India. He and his team demarcated the border on the basis of religious demography. He was bestowed with the responsibility to equitably divide 175,000 sq: miles of territory between both the countries. The western side of the Radcliffe Line still serves as the Indo-Pakistan border and the eastern side serves as the India-Bangladesh border.