SSC MTS 2023 PYQ — Question 72

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Administrative Convenience.

The official reason given by the British for the Partition of Bengal in 1905 was administrative convenience. The British government argued that Bengal, being the largest province in British India with a vast population, was too large to administer effectively. By dividing it into two smaller provinces — East Bengal and West Bengal — they claimed it would be easier to manage governance and improve administration. However, the real intent was widely seen as an attempt to weaken the growing nationalist movement by creating religious divisions between Hindus and Muslims.