When the Indian Muslim League was inducted into the interim government in 1946, Liyaqat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of
- (a)Foreign affairs
- (b)Home
- (c)Finance
- (d)Defence
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Official answer(c) Finance
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The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to
- (a)solve the problem of minorities in India
- (b)give effect to the Independence Bill
- (c)delimit the boundaries between India and Pakistan
- (d)enquire into the riots in East Bengal
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Official answer(c) delimit the boundaries between India and Pakistan
Which portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in the year 1946?
- (a)Defence
- (b)External Affairs and Commonwealth
- (c)Food and Agriculture
- (d)None
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Official answer(c) Food and Agriculture
Consider the following statements: 1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when Shimla Conference took place. 2. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian sailors in the Royal Indian Navy at Bombay and Karachi rose against the Government. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)1 only
- (b)2 only
- (c)Both 1 and 2
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2
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Official answer(b) 2 only
Who headed the Interim Cabinet formed in the 1946?
- (a)Rajendra Prasad
- (b)Jawaharlal Nehru
- (c)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- (d)Rajagopalachari
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Official answer(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
At the time of partition of India, which one of the following provinces of the British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence?
- (a)Punjab
- (b)Assam
- (c)Bengal
- (d)Bihar
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Official answer(c) Bengal
The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain-child of
- (a)W. Churchill
- (b)M. A. Jinnah
- (c)Lord Mountbatten
- (d)V. P. Menon
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Official answer(c) Lord Mountbatten