Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : Thus it was decided that what was till then known as ‘India’ would be divided into two countries, ‘India’ and ‘Pakistan’. Such a division was not only very painful, but also very difficult to decide and to implement. It was decided to follow the principle of religious majorities. This basically means that areas where the Muslims were in majority would make up the territory of Pakistan. The rest was to stay with India. The idea might appear simple, but it presented all kinds of difficulties. 1. Why did the partition of India in 1947 prove to be very painful? a) The general public was in favor of the partition. b) The leaders of the two countries handled it properly. c) People were divided on the basis of language. d) It was the largest, most abrupt, unplanned and tragic transfer of population. 2. What major difficulty/difficulties arose in the way of partition? a) There was no single belt of Muslim majority areas in British India. b) All Muslim majority areas did not want to be in Pakistan. c) Neither (a) nor (b). d) Both (a) and (b). 3. What would have been India’s position in the world, had there been no partition of India? i) India would have been a much larger nation in terms of territorial area. ii) India would have played a more vital role in the world scenario. a) i is correct. b) ii is correct. c) Both are correct d) Both are incorrect. 4. What led to the decision for the creation of Pakistan? Choose the incorrect statement as the reason - a) Political competition between Muslim League and Congress. b) Several political developments in 1940’s. c) Role played by the British. d) Failure of the Interim Government.