Question

The Mountbatten Plan became the basis for :

• A. Continuity of British Rule
• B. Transfer of power
• C. Partition of the country
• D. Solution of communal problems

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Partition of the country

• Lord Mountbatten came to India in March, 1947 with the purpose to give complete independence to India.

• He decided 15 August, 1947 as the date for power transfer.

• He made a plan of partition of India under instructions of Attlee which was considered as Mountbatten Plan.