Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

a) Millions of refugees migrated during the process of partition.
b) When the British left India, the constitutional status of the princes and their states remained ambiguous.
Options:
Only statement a is correct.
Only statement b is correct.
Both statements are correct.
None of the statements is correct
Correct Answer:
Both statements are correct.
Explanation:
Millions of refugees were on the move, Muslims into East and West Pakistan, Hindus and Sikhs into West Bengal, and the eastern half of Punjab. Another, and scarcely less serious, problem faced by the new nation was that of the princely state. When the British left India, the constitutional status of these princes remained ambiguous.