Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Rajaji Formula?

  1. The negotiation on the formula took place at Bombay in 1944.
  2. According to the formula, if the Muslims endorsed the demand for national independence, the Congress would agree to the demarcation of contiguous Muslim majority area in the Northwest and Northeast of India.

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both of these

  4. Neither of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Statement 1 is correct: Rajagopalachari took initiative in bringing Gandhiji and Jinnah to the negotiating table in Bombay between Sept 9 and 27, 1944. Statement 2 is correct: According to the formula, if the Muslims endorsed the demand for national independence, the Congress would agree to the demarcation of contiguous Muslim majority area in the Northwest and Northeast of India. In these demarcated areas the inhabitants would have full powers to decide by plebiscite whether they would remain in India or form a separate state or states of their own.

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