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Independence and Partition of India — Question 5

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Question 5

(A) The Muslim League asked Wavell, the Viceroy, to constitute the Interim Government in 1946.

(R) The Muslim League kept itself out of the Interim Government.

  1. (R) contradicts (A)
  2. (R) is the reason for (A)
  3. (A) is true but (R) is false
  4. (A) and (R) are independent of each other.
Answer

(R) is the reason for (A)

Explanation — The Muslim League asked Wavell, the Viceroy, to constitute the Interim Government in 1946, yet kept itself out of the Interim Government because the congress had the majority which meant that the Muslim league would have been out-voted.