CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Which province, like Punjab, was to decide whether it should be partitioned?
A. Karachi
B. Bengal
C. Afghania (NWFP)
D. Sylhet
Correct Answer: B
The Bengal Legislative Assembly was divided into sections to vote on partition.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
What mechanism was proposed to determine whether Punjab would be partitioned?
A. Vote of the provincial assembly in sections
B. Referendum
C. Late British colonial period
D. Devanagari
Correct Answer: A
Members of the Punjab Assembly met in sections to decide on partition.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
What was the central political outcome proposed by the 3 June Plan?
A. Urdu-Hindi Controversy
B. Partition of British India
C. They resigned
D. 1945-46 elections
Correct Answer: B
The plan accepted partition and transfer of power to two successor dominions.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Which Viceroy announced the 3 June Plan?
A. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
B. Lord Mountbatten
C. Edwin Montagu
D. Allama Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi
Correct Answer: B
Lord Louis Mountbatten presented the plan after negotiations with major political leaders.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
On what date was the plan for partition of British India publicly announced in 1947?
A. 3 June 1948
B. 3 June 1947
C. 3 June 1946
D. 1 June 1947
Correct Answer: B
The Mountbatten Plan was announced on 3 June 1947.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
The 3 June Plan is a turning point mainly because it:
A. Ended the demand for Pakistan
B. Converted the demand for partition into an agreed transfer-of-power scheme
C. Restored provincial dyarchy
D. Introduced separate electorates for the first time
Correct Answer: B
It transformed political agreement into an executable constitutional plan.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Which principle was central to the plan's treatment of disputed provinces?
A. Unanimity across all India
B. Regional self-determination through legislative votes or referendums
C. Decision by army chiefs
D. Decision by landlords only
Correct Answer: B
Votes and referendums were used to determine territorial alignment.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
What did the plan imply for the existing Constituent Assembly?
A. It would necessarily frame one constitution for all India
B. Provinces unwilling to accept it could form a separate Constituent Assembly
C. It was abolished with no replacement
D. It became a British court
Correct Answer: B
The plan enabled areas forming Pakistan to establish their own constituent assembly.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Which leader called the plan a 'moth-eaten' Pakistan in the sense of territorial limitations?
A. Gandhi
B. Jinnah
C. Nehru
D. Patel
Correct Answer: B
Jinnah had earlier warned that partitioned Punjab and Bengal would yield a territorially truncated Pakistan.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
East Bengal later became:
A. Nepal
B. Bangladesh
C. Bhutan
D. Myanmar
Correct Answer: B
East Bengal became East Pakistan and, after 1971, Bangladesh.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
The partition of Bengal created:
A. East Bengal and West Bengal
B. Punjab and Sindh
C. Assam and Bihar
D. Delhi and Ajmer
Correct Answer: A
Eastern Muslim-majority districts formed East Bengal in Pakistan, while western districts remained in India.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Which issue became especially controversial in the Punjab boundary award?
A. Madras
B. Gurdaspur district
C. Bombay
D. Hyderabad city
Correct Answer: B
Allocation of parts of Gurdaspur became a lasting controversy in Pakistan's historical narrative.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
The Radcliffe Award was publicly announced:
A. Before the 3 June Plan
B. Before independence
C. After independence
D. In 1946
Correct Answer: C
The boundary award was announced on 17 August 1947, after both dominions had become independent.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
What was a major weakness of the partition timetable?
A. It allowed decades of preparation
B. It was extremely compressed
C. It provided no transfer of power
D. It canceled independence
Correct Answer: B
The rapid timetable left little time for boundary demarcation, asset division and population protection.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
India became independent on:
A. 14 August 1947
B. 15 August 1947
C. 16 August 1947
D. 18 July 1947
Correct Answer: B
India's independence date is 15 August 1947.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Pakistan came into existence on:
A. 14 August 1947
B. 15 August 1947
C. 18 July 1947
D. 3 June 1947
Correct Answer: A
Pakistan celebrates independence on 14 August 1947.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
The 3 June Plan envisioned the creation of how many dominions?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
Correct Answer: B
India and Pakistan were to emerge as two independent dominions.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Which institution was divided between the two successor dominions?
A. Only the railways
B. Assets, armed forces and administrative machinery
C. Only the postal service
D. Only the judiciary
Correct Answer: B
Partition required division of military, financial, administrative and other assets.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
The status of British Balochistan was to be decided through:
A. A UN referendum
B. Relevant representative bodies including the Shahi Jirga
C. The Bengal Assembly
D. The British Parliament alone
Correct Answer: B
Representative institutions in British Balochistan, including the Shahi Jirga, considered its future.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
The Sindh Legislative Assembly was empowered to decide whether Sindh would:
A. Join Pakistan or remain in the existing Constituent Assembly arrangement
B. Join Afghanistan
C. Become a British colony
D. Merge with Bombay
Correct Answer: A
Sindh's assembly voted in favor of joining Pakistan.