Multiple choice

Which of the following was an effect of India’s Partition?

  1. It allowed Hindus and Muslims to live together in peace.

  2. It allowed most people of India to remain in their homes.

  3. Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs had to decide where to live.

  4. It settled disputes over the region known as Kashmir.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The 1947 Partition of India resulted in mass migration as millions of Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs moved across new borders to reach areas where their religion was in the majority.

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