CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
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.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Why did Mountbatten accelerate the transfer of power?
A. To expand British rule
B. To reduce growing disorder and political deadlock
C. To merge India with Burma
D. To postpone partition
Correct Answer: B
Escalating communal violence and administrative uncertainty encouraged an earlier transfer.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Which date had Attlee earlier set as the latest deadline for transfer of power?
A. June 1948
B. December 1947
C. March 1948
D. August 1949
Correct Answer: A
Attlee's 20 February 1947 statement set June 1948 as the latest deadline; Mountbatten advanced it.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
The plan abandoned the Cabinet Mission's proposal for a:
A. Loose federal union of India
B. Partition of Punjab
C. Referendum in NWFP
D. Separate Pakistan immediately
Correct Answer: A
The Cabinet Mission had tried to preserve a united India through a weak center and provincial groupings.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Who chaired the boundary commissions formed after the plan?
A. Sir Stafford Cripps
B. Sir Cyril Radcliffe
C. Lord Ismay
D. Lord Linlithgow
Correct Answer: B
Cyril Radcliffe was appointed chairman of both boundary commissions.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Which boundary commission was created for Punjab?
A. Radcliffe Boundary Commission
B. Hunter Commission
C. Simon Commission
D. Lee Commission
Correct Answer: A
Sir Cyril Radcliffe chaired the boundary commissions for Punjab and Bengal.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
Under the plan, British paramountcy over princely states was to:
A. Continue for ten years
B. Transfer to Pakistan automatically
C. Lapse
D. Transfer to the UN
Correct Answer: C
British paramountcy lapsed, leaving princely states to decide accession in light of geography and other realities.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
The Indian Independence Act received royal assent on:
A. 3 June 1947
B. 18 July 1947
C. 14 August 1947
D. 15 August 1947
Correct Answer: B
The Act received royal assent on 18 July 1947.
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3 June Plan (1947) - British Rule & Colonial Era (1757-1947)
The plan resulted directly in the passage of the:
A. Government of India Act 1935
B. Indian Independence Act 1947
C. Rowlatt Act
D. Pitt's India Act
Correct Answer: B
The Indian Independence Act gave legal effect to partition and independence.