State PCS PYQPrelims 2025

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · प्रश्न 80

Which Act provided for the partition of India into two new dominions – India and Pakistan?

  1. Government of India Act, 1919
  2. Government of India Act, 1935
  3. Indian Independence Act, 1947
  4. None of the above
उत्तर दाखवा आणि स्पष्टीकरण

उत्तर: (C) Indian Independence Act, 1947

स्पष्टीकरण

The Indian Independence Act, 1947 (based on the Mountbatten Plan) partitioned British India into two dominions.

  • (A) चूक

    Wrong: it introduced dyarchy in provinces.

  • (B) चूक

    Wrong: it proposed an all-India federation, not partition.

  • (C) बरोबर

    Correct: it created the dominions of India and Pakistan from 15 August 1947.

  • (D) चूक

    Wrong: option C is correct.