Free Partition of Bengal MCQs with Answers

11. "The Transfer of Power in India" is a book written by:_________?

• A. Keith Callard
• B. Quaid-e-Azam
• C. Liaquat Ali
• D. V.P Memon

Explanation: V. P. Menon wrote The Transfer of Power in India, a major account of the constitutional steps leading to independence and partition. Keith Callard wrote on constitutional and political developments but not this book.

12. Orissa separated from Bihar in _______?

• A. Act of 1909
• B. Act of 1919
• C. Act of 1936
• D. None

Explanation: Orissa was separated from Bihar and made a separate province under the Government of India Act of 1935, taking effect in 1936. The Acts of 1909 and 1919 did not create Orissa as a separate province.

13. April 13, 2019 marked the _____________ anniversary of the Jallianwala tragedy:

• A. 99th
• B. 95th
• C. 100th
• D. None of above

Explanation: The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on 13 April 1919, so 13 April 2019 marked its 100th anniversary. Counting from 1919 to 2019 gives exactly a century.

14. Quit India Movement was launched in response to?

• A. Cabinet Mission Plan
• B. Cripps Proposals
• C. Simon Commission Report
• D. Wavell Plan

Explanation: The Quit India Movement was launched in August 1942 after the failure of the Cripps Proposals to secure an acceptable constitutional settlement during World War II. The Cabinet Mission came later, in 1946.

15. Moplah rebellion of 1921 took place in __________?

• A. Assam
• B. Kashmir
• C. Malabar
• D. North-West frontier province

Explanation: The Moplah, or Malabar, Rebellion occurred in the Malabar region of present-day Kerala in 1921. It involved Mappila Muslim tenants and was connected with agrarian grievances and the wider Khilafat and Non-Cooperation era.

16. The Shahi Jirga was to decide in favor of India or Pakistan in_________?

• A. NWFP
• B. Sindh
• C. Balochistan
• D. None of these

Explanation: The Shahi Jirga of Balochistan met in 1947 to decide the province's accession, and it voted in favour of Pakistan. This was part of the political settlement accompanying the partition of British India.

17. In which year British East India Company occupied Punjab?

• A. 1846
• B. 1847
• C. 1849
• D. 1850

Explanation: The British annexed Punjab in 1849 after the Second Anglo-Sikh War and the fall of the Sikh kingdom. The earlier date 1846 relates to the Treaty of Lahore after the First Anglo-Sikh War, not full occupation.

18. Lord Curzon created province of NWFP in__________?

• A. 1900
• B. 1901
• C. 1906
• D. None of these

Explanation: Lord Curzon created the North-West Frontier Province in 1901 by separating frontier districts from Punjab. This was part of the administrative changes during Curzon’s viceroyalty.

19. Bengal was divided into two parts. In which part the Muslims were in majority?

• A. Western Bengal
• B. Eastern Bengal
• C. North Western Bengal
• D. None of these

Explanation: Eastern Bengal had a Muslim majority after the 1905 partition, while Western Bengal had a Hindu majority. This demographic division was one reason the partition initially received support from many Muslims.

20. Lord ________ issued an order of diving the province of bengal into two parts in July 20, 1905.

• A. Lord lytton
• B. Lord Curzon
• C. Lord Hastings
• D. Lord Wallington

Explanation: Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, ordered the partition of Bengal in 1905. The decision divided the large province into Eastern Bengal and Assam and Western Bengal.