Partition of India and Pakistan

In what year did India become an independent country?

• 1976

• 1947

• 1948

• 1945

What does the word 'partition' mean?

• To annoy others

• To give pleasure to others

• To divide something into two or more parts

• To make to seperate things into one

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Who was the spiritual leader of the Indian National Congress party, known for his methods of peaceful protest?

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Muhammad Ali Jinnah

• Mohandas Ghandi

• Louis Mountbatten

Pakistan became its own nation in what year?

• 1976

• 1947

• 1948

• 1945

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Pakistan was created because which major religion was afraid of being persecuted?

• Muslims

• Sikhs

• Hindus

• Christians

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Which country became a Muslim-majority state due to the events of partition?

• Pakistan

• India

• Bengal

• Sri Lanka

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Which country was responsible for the colonisation of India, and was responsible for overseeing the partition of india into two different countries?

• United States

• France

• Great Britain

• Denmark

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One of the major problems with the Partition of Pakistan was...

• China control of Northern India

• Jinnah would still be a ruler of India and Pakistan

• Forced migration of people with different religions which caused bitter feelings and anger

• None of the above

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Which of the following groups committed the most violence during the partition?

• Muslims

• Hindus

• Sikhs

• All of them

How many people were displaced by the events of partition?

• 1 million

• 200,000

• 7.2 million

• 14.5 million