Free Partition of Bengal MCQs with Answers

31. The Partition of Bengal was annulled on ___________ ?

• A. 11 December 1911
• B. 12 December 1911
• C. 13 December 1912
• D. 14 December 1912

Explanation: The annulment was announced at the Delhi Durbar on 12 December 1911. This reversed the 1905 division and reunited Bengal administratively, although the capital was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.

32. The British Indian government announced the partition of Bengal in 1905 because of ___________ ?

• A. Muslim's demand
• B. Hindu's demand
• C. Administrative requirements
• D. Financial constraints

Explanation: The British presented the 1905 partition primarily as an administrative measure because Bengal was too large to govern efficiently. Muslim political support was a consequence and advantage of the division, not its stated official reason.

33. Viceroy of India during Simon Commission was___________?

• A. Lord Irwin
• B. Lord Canning
• C. Lord Mountbaton
• D. None

Explanation: Lord Irwin was Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931, the period in which the Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928. Lord Canning and Lord Mountbatten served in different periods.

34. When the Province of NWFP was set up?

• A. 1901
• B. 1897
• C. 1898
• D. 1905

Explanation: The North-West Frontier Province was created in 1901 by separating the settled districts of the Punjab from the frontier areas. It was later renamed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

35. Before the partition of India in 1947 how many Princely states existed?

• A. 480
• B. 360
• C. 562
• D. 670

Explanation: British India contained 562 princely states at the time of Partition. These states were not directly governed as British provinces and had to accede to India or Pakistan, with Hyderabad and Kashmir becoming major disputes.

36. Which Political Party was in Power in North West Frontier Province (Now KPK) at the time of Independence?

• A. Muslim Leage
• B. Congress
• C. Justice Party
• D. Tehreek e Khaksaar

Explanation: The Congress was in power in the North-West Frontier Province at Independence through the ministry led by Dr Khan Sahib. The Muslim League gained control after the province's political transition and later referendum period.

37. The annulment of partition of Bengal took place ?

• A. 1906
• B. 1908
• C. 1909
• D. 1911

Explanation: The 1905 partition of Bengal was annulled at the Delhi Durbar in 1911, reversing Lord Curzon's division. Thus, 1911 is the relevant date, not the years associated with the original partition.

38. When did the partition of Bengal took place?

• A. 1904
• B. 1906
• C. 1905
• D. 1907

Explanation: Lord Curzon announced and implemented the partition of Bengal on 16 October 1905. The 1906 and 1907 dates are later political developments, not the partition itself.

39. Who was the Prime Minister of the Britain during Indo-Pak Partition?

• A. Clement Attlee
• B. Lord Mount Batten
• C. Winston Churchill
• D. Chamberlain

Explanation: Clement Attlee was Britain's prime minister when power was transferred and British India was partitioned in 1947. Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy, not Britain's prime minister.

40. Swadeshi movement was launched to reverse the _____________?

• A. Partition of India
• B. Partition of Bengal
• C. Separation of Sindh from Bombay
• D. Annexation of Kashmir
• E. Annexation of Goa

Explanation: The Swadeshi Movement began in 1905 as a boycott of British goods and a campaign to annul the Partition of Bengal. Its immediate political objective was therefore reversal of Bengal's partition, not the partition of India as a whole.