Multiple choice

The suggestion of transfer of power to two Central Governments, India and Pakistan, on the basis of the grant of Dominion States was given by

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel

  2. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Lord Mountbatten and Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. V. P. Menon and Sardar Patel
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D Correct answer
Explanation

V. P. Menon, a civil servant, and Sardar Patel were instrumental in the negotiations that led to the Mountbatten Plan, which proposed the transfer of power to two dominions, India and Pakistan.

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