Hitler's Territorial Expansion

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When was the road to Partition laid according to Congress authors?

1909 (correct)

1935

1940

1947

What thesis does Sucheta Mahajan restate in her work 'Independence and Partition: The Erosion of Colonial Power in India'?

The British were responsible for the division of India

The division of India was inevitable due to religious differences

The Muslim League’s intransigence forced the Congress to accept the division of the country in 1947 (correct)

The Congress was forced to divide India due to internal pressures

According to Sucheta Mahajan, why did Congress accept the partition in 1947?

Due to British pressure

Due to Muslim League's stubborn championing of a sovereign Muslim state (correct)

Due to economic reasons

Due to internal conflicts within Congress

What, according to Pakistani accounts, gave birth to a distinctive social order that was fundamentally at odds with Hindu society?

Religion Signup and view all the answers

Why, according to Pakistani accounts, was the demand for a separate state a 'natural' expression?

Because of the two-nation theory Signup and view all the answers

What was the final act of a process of step-by-step concessions of the League according to Sucheta Mahajan?

The division of the country in 1947 Signup and view all the answers

What was the main focus of Muslim politicians seeking elections in religiously demarcated constituencies in India?

Doing down their own co-religionists Signup and view all the answers

What became further evident under the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of the 1920s?

The unitary centre being kept under the exclusive purview of the British Signup and view all the answers

What was the aim of the constitutional reforms by the colonial government in India?

To confine Indian politics to the provinces Signup and view all the answers

Was there a single all-India Muslim political party during the next round of constitutional negotiations in the early 1930s?

No Signup and view all the answers

When did Muslims in their local and provincial politics start following the lead of an all-India Muslim political organization?

In the last decade of British rule Signup and view all the answers

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When was the road to Partition laid according to Congress authors?

What thesis does Sucheta Mahajan restate in her work 'Independence and Partition: The Erosion of Colonial Power in India'?

According to Sucheta Mahajan, why did Congress accept the partition in 1947?

What, according to Pakistani accounts, gave birth to a distinctive social order that was fundamentally at odds with Hindu society?

Why, according to Pakistani accounts, was the demand for a separate state a 'natural' expression?

What was the final act of a process of step-by-step concessions of the League according to Sucheta Mahajan?

What was the main focus of Muslim politicians seeking elections in religiously demarcated constituencies in India?

What became further evident under the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of the 1920s?

What was the aim of the constitutional reforms by the colonial government in India?

Was there a single all-India Muslim political party during the next round of constitutional negotiations in the early 1930s?

When did Muslims in their local and provincial politics start following the lead of an all-India Muslim political organization?

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