Which of the following are correct about events from August 1946-1947?
(A) The Great Calcutta Killings.
(B) The Direct Action Day.
(C) Labour Government comes into power in Britain.
(D) General Elections in British India.
(E) Poona Pact.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) Only
(A) The Great Calcutta Killings. Correct. The Great Calcutta Killings took place in August 1946 and began a year of almost continuous rioting across northern and eastern India.
(B) The Direct Action Day. Correct. The Muslim League announced Direct Action Day for 16 August 1946, the day on which the killings in Calcutta began.
(C) Labour Government comes into power in Britain. Incorrect. The Labour Government came into power in Britain on 26 July 1945, a year before August 1946.
(D) General Elections in British India. Incorrect. The General Elections in India were held in December 1945-January 1946, also before August 1946.
(E) Poona Pact. Incorrect. The Poona Pact was signed much earlier, in 1932.
Note: The Poona Pact is not in NCERT (2026-27). It was an agreement signed in September 1932 between Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar on the representation of the Depressed Classes in the legislatures. It is explained here for the benefit of the students.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. A Tumultuous Time … One striking feature of these popular upsurges was the degree of Hindu-Muslim unity they manifested. In contrast, the two leading Indian political parties, the Congress and the Muslim League, had repeatedly failed to arrive at a settlement that would bring about religious reconciliation and social harmony. The Great Calcutta Killings of August 1946 began a year of almost continuous rioting across northern and eastern India (see Chapter 11). The violence culminated in the massacres that accompanied the transfer of populations when the Partition of India was announced.…”
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