Multiple choice

Why did Britain separate India into India and Pakistan before giving India independence?

  1. to limit the power of India as an independent nation

  2. To decrease fighting between Hindus and Muslims within India

  3. to maintain economic control of natural resources in India

  4. to force British culture on people in two countries instead of 1
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The partition of India was intended to create separate states for Hindus and Muslims to reduce the intense communal violence that had escalated during the independence movement.

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