UPSC Prelims 2014— Question 95

Correct answer: Option C. The Radcliffe Committee, headed by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, was appointed in 1947 to demarcate the boundaries between India and Pakistan following the decision to partition British India. Its boundary commissions worked for Punjab and Bengal. It was therefore a boundary-demarcation body, not a committee for minority problems or riot investigation. Option A: Incorrect. This option does not match the verified answer because its proposition, location, institution, sequence, or combination conflicts with the relevant fact tested in the question. The option reads: “solve the problem of minorities in India” Option B: Incorrect. This option does not match the verified answer because its proposition, location, institution, sequence, or combination conflicts with the relevant fact tested in the question. The option reads: “give effect to the Independence Bill” Option C: Correct. This option is consistent with the governing fact or the valid combination identified in the question. The option reads: “delimit the boundaries between India and Pakistan” Option D: Incorrect. This option does not match the verified answer because its proposition, location, institution, sequence, or combination conflicts with the relevant fact tested in the question. The option reads: “enquire into the riots in East Bengal” The key Prelims lesson is to test each proposition independently before selecting the combination. Where the question uses words such as 'only', 'all', 'none', 'always' or a precise institutional/geographical association, a single inaccurate component is sufficient to eliminate the option. The answer recorded here follows the official answer key for the question-paper series represented by the uploaded source and has been cross-checked against an independent published key. The explanation is intended for conceptual revision rather than as a reproduction of any third-party solution.