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?

    <p>Religion</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Because of the two-nation theory</p> 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?

    <p>The division of the country in 1947</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Doing down their own co-religionists</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

    <p>To confine Indian politics to the provinces</p> 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?

    <p>No</p> 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?

    <p>In the last decade of British rule</p> Signup and view all the answers

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