CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
In the Bengal Award, district boundaries rather than the actual river course controlled part of the boundary along the:
A. Ganges
B. Indus
C. Ravi
D. Kabul
Correct Answer: A
The report specified district boundaries, not the shifting channel of the Ganges, in the relevant sector.
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1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
Patgram thana and the relevant eastern/southern part of Jalpaiguri were assigned to:
A. West Bengal
B. East Bengal
C. Bihar
D. Cooch Behar
Correct Answer: B
The schedule placed Patgram and portions east or south of the line in East Bengal.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
Most of Jalpaiguri north of the Award line was assigned to:
A. West Bengal
B. East Bengal
C. Assam
D. Bhutan
Correct Answer: A
The northern and western portion described in the schedule went to West Bengal.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
The Muslim population of Jalpaiguri cited in the report was approximately:
A. 3 percent
B. 12 percent
C. 23.08 percent
D. 52 percent
Correct Answer: C
Radcliffe cited approximately 23.08 percent Muslims in Jalpaiguri.
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1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
The Muslim population of Darjeeling cited in the report was approximately:
A. 2.42 percent
B. 23.08 percent
C. 51 percent
D. 70 percent
Correct Answer: A
The Bengal report recorded a Muslim population of about 2.42 percent in Darjeeling.
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1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
Darjeeling was assigned to:
A. East Bengal
B. West Bengal
C. Pakistan's western wing
D. Sylhet
Correct Answer: B
Darjeeling remained in West Bengal.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
Which factor weighed heavily in assigning the Chittagong Hill Tracts to East Bengal?
A. Its connection with Chittagong district
B. Its railway link to Delhi
C. Its Sikh majority
D. Its inclusion in Punjab
Correct Answer: A
Radcliffe considered it difficult to detach the Hill Tracts from the state controlling Chittagong.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
According to Radcliffe's report, Muslims formed approximately what percentage of the Chittagong Hill Tracts population?
A. 3 percent
B. 23 percent
C. 51 percent
D. 75 percent
Correct Answer: A
The report noted that Muslims were only about 3 percent of the Chittagong Hill Tracts population.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
The Chittagong Hill Tracts were awarded to:
A. India
B. East Bengal/Pakistan
C. Burma
D. A separate autonomous dominion
Correct Answer: B
The Chittagong Hill Tracts were placed in East Bengal because of their connection with Chittagong despite a large non-Muslim majority.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
Khulna district was ultimately placed in:
A. West Bengal/India
B. East Bengal/Pakistan
C. Assam
D. Bihar
Correct Answer: B
Khulna was assigned to East Bengal, an outcome that was controversial because of its demographic and economic links.
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1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
Murshidabad district was ultimately placed in:
A. East Bengal/Pakistan
B. West Bengal/India
C. Assam
D. A neutral zone
Correct Answer: B
Murshidabad became part of West Bengal despite its Muslim-majority population.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
The Bengal Award divided which districts rather than assigning them wholly to one side?
A. Nadia, Jessore, Dinajpur and Malda
B. Dacca, Chittagong and Mymensingh
C. Howrah, Hooghly and Burdwan
D. Tippera, Noakhali and Faridpur
Correct Answer: A
Several border districts were split at thana or local-boundary level.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
Which Bengal river line was considered as a possible broad boundary but conflicted with majority patterns?
A. Ganges-Padma-Madhumati
B. Indus-Jhelum-Chenab
C. Ravi-Beas-Sutlej
D. Brahmaputra-Kabul-Swat
Correct Answer: A
The report discussed the attraction of the Ganges-Padma-Madhumati river line.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
Radcliffe observed that Bengal offered:
A. Many perfect natural boundaries
B. Few satisfactory natural boundaries
C. Only a single disputed district
D. No river communications
Correct Answer: B
The province's geography and economic development did not fit a clean communal division.
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1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
The Bengal Commission considered control of which river systems important to the life of Calcutta port?
A. Nadia and Kulti systems
B. Indus and Jhelum systems
C. Ravi and Beas systems
D. Kabul and Swat systems
Correct Answer: A
Radcliffe identified the Nadia and Kulti river systems among Calcutta's indispensable concerns.
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1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
Calcutta was awarded to:
A. East Bengal/Pakistan
B. West Bengal/India
C. A neutral port authority
D. Assam
Correct Answer: B
Calcutta remained in West Bengal and therefore India.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
Which major city was the central economic issue in Bengal's partition?
A. Dacca
B. Calcutta
C. Chittagong
D. Murshidabad
Correct Answer: B
The future of Calcutta and the territory needed to sustain its port dominated the Bengal case.
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1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
Which pair were Muslim members of the Bengal Boundary Commission?
A. Mukherjee and Biswas
B. Abu Saleh Mohamed Akram and S. A. Rahman
C. Mahajan and Munir
D. Teja Singh and Akram
Correct Answer: B
Justices Abu Saleh Mohamed Akram and S. A. Rahman were the Muslim members.
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1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
Which pair were non-Muslim members of the Bengal Boundary Commission?
A. B. K. Mukherjee and C. C. Biswas
B. Akram and S. A. Rahman
C. Munir and Din Muhammad
D. Mahajan and Teja Singh
Correct Answer: A
Justices Bijan Kumar Mukherjee and C. C. Biswas were the two non-Muslim members.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Partition - Radcliffe Award (1947)
The Bengal public sittings ran from:
A. 16–24 July 1947
B. 21–31 July 1947
C. 1–9 August 1947
D. 3–13 June 1947
Correct Answer: A
The Bengal Commission heard public arguments from 16 to 24 July, excluding Sunday 20 July.