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SSC CGL 2023 PYQ — Question 48

SSC CGL - 19 July 2023 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q48

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Lord Curzon declared the partition of in 1905 in

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Correct answer: D

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The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. Bengal

  • In 1905 Lord Curzon, the British Viceroy of India, announced the partition of Bengal. 
  • The partition separated the Bengal Presidency into two provinces: West Bengal and East Bengal. 
  • The partition separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. 
  • The Anti-Partition movement was a movement initiated on August 7, 1905 to protest against the partition of Bengal. 
  • The leaders of the protest movement declared it to be a day of national mourning throughout Bengal.