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.
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.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
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.