2019 · Q46
According to which one of the following plans/reports, the decision with regard to the partition of Punjab and Bengal was to be taken on the basis of voting of the Members of the respective Legislative Assemblies?
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- ANehru report
- BCripps mission plan
- CBeveridge report
- DMountbatten plan
Explanation
The Mountbatten Plan of 3 June 1947 provided that the Legislative Assemblies of Punjab and Bengal would meet in two parts (Muslim-majority and non-Muslim-majority districts) and vote on partition. The Nehru Report, the Cripps Mission plan and the Beveridge Report contain no such provision. Hence D.