Question

(A): The Mountbatten Plan provided for the Partition of India into two independent and Sovereign States, i.e., India and Pakistan.

(R): A referendum was to be held in Punjab and Bengal.

विकल्प

• (R) contradicts (A).

• (R) is the reason for (A).

• (A) is true but (R) is false.

• (A) and (R) are independent of each other.

Answer 1

(R) is the reason for (A).

Explanation:

The Mountbatten Plan proposed the Partition of India into two independent states, India and Pakistan. To decide whether Punjab and Bengal should be divided, a referendum and voting by their legislatures were to be held. This process helped implement the decision of Partition, so (R) supports and explains (A).