Question

After Independence, our country had to face several challenges. Consider the following statements regarding these challenges-

1. All Muslim majority areas wanted to join Pakistan in accordance with the popular 'TwoNation Theory' as given by the Muslim league.
2. Muslim majority areas of British India were concentrated ·in different pockets.
3. Muslim majority provinces were to be separated on the basis of religion and language.

Choose the incorrect statements.

Options

• a and b

• b and c

• a and c

• All are correct

Answer 1

a and b

Explanation:

The two-nation idea was a cornerstone of the Pakistan Movement (i.e., Pakistan's ideology as a Muslim nation-state in South Asia) and India's partition in 1947. Even after the establishment of Pakistan, disputes in India raged over whether Muslims and Hindus constitute separate nationalities.