Practicing Success
In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer. |
Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion. Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion. The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct. The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect. |
The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect. |
A large number of people did not know on the day of Independence whether they were in India or in Pakistan.. The problem was that two of the Muslim-majority provinces of British India, Punjab and Bengal, had very large areas where the non-Muslims were in the majority. Eventually, it was decided that these two provinces would be bifurcated according to the religious majority at the district or even lower level. This decision could not be made by midnight of 14-15 August. It meant that a large number of people did not know on the day of Independence whether they were in India or Pakistan. |