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SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 41

SSC CGL - 19 April 2022 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q41

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Which of the following events occurred before 1919?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Partition of Bengal.

  • The decision to split Bengal came in July and by October 16, 1905, Bengal had been divided into Piston Bengal and Assam (with a population of 31 million) and the rest of Bengal (with a population of the 4 million of who 18 million were Bengalis, and 36 million Biharis and Oriyas).
  • The decision had come after Lord Curzon claimed that Bengal was too large to be governed effectively.