Q. The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain-child of
(a) W. Churchill
(b) M. A. Jinnah
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) V. P. Menon
Ans: (c) Lord Mountbatten
Explanation: Balkan Plan was the brain child of Mountbatten. This plan envisaged the transfer of power to separate provinces with Punjab and Bengal given the option to vote for partition of their provinces. The partitioned units thus formed will have the choice to join India or Pakistan or remaining independent
