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Prelims 2014 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 75

The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to

  1. solve the problem of minorities in India
  2. give effect to the Independence Bill
  3. delimit the boundaries between India and Pakistan
  4. enquire into the riots in East Bengal

Answer

delimit the boundaries between India and Pakistan

  • (a) solve the problem of minorities in India — Incorrect. The Radcliffe Commission was not set up to address minority rights; that was a broader constitutional-political issue.
  • (b) give effect to the Independence Bill — Incorrect. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 created the framework, but the Radcliffe Committee’s specific task was boundary demarcation.
  • (c) delimit the boundaries between India and Pakistan — Correct. Sir Cyril Radcliffe headed the Boundary Commissions to demarcate the borders of Punjab and Bengal between India and Pakistan.
  • (d) enquire into the riots in East Bengal — Incorrect. It was not an inquiry commission on communal riots.

Answer: (c)

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