Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges of nation Building

Question:

Which of the following statement is correct about partition?

Options:

It was an outcome of the Two-nation theory.

East Pakistan and West Pakistan were contiguous.

Both 1 and 2

None of the above

Correct Answer:

It was an outcome of the Two-nation theory.

Explanation:

East Pakistan and West Pakistan were not contiguous.

According to the ‘two-nation theory’ advanced by the Muslim League, India consisted of not one but two ‘people’, Hindus and Muslims. That is why it demanded Pakistan, a separate country for Muslims.
This theory fueled the demand for a separate Muslim-majority state.
Furthermore, it is important to note that not all Muslim-majority regions expressed a desire to be a part of Pakistan. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, widely known as the 'Frontier Gandhi', strongly opposed the concept of two-nation theory.

The Muslim-majority areas in British India were not confined to a single belt. They were divided into two distinct regions, one in the west and another in the east. The geographical separation of these two parts made it impractical to unite them.