The Partition of Bengal made by Lord Curzon in 1905 lasted until
Answer & explanation
Answer: (b) King George V abrogated Curzon's Act at the Royal Durbar in Delhi in 1911
The 1905 partition was undone in 1911, not later. King George V announced it at the Delhi Durbar in December 1911, and the capital was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi at the same time. The other options name events that came years later.
- ✗ (a) The partition had already been annulled in 1911. The First World War began in 1914, so it could not have ended the partition.
- ✓ (b) At the Delhi Durbar on 12 December 1911, King George V announced the annulment of the partition. Bihar was also announced as a separate province, and the formal separation followed in April 1912.
- ✗ (c) Gandhiji's Civil Disobedience Movement began in 1930, nearly two decades after the partition was annulled.
- ✗ (d) The 1947 Partition of India was a different event. Curzon's 1905 partition of Bengal had already been annulled in 1911.
Remember · Curzon's partition of Bengal (October 1905) was annulled at the Delhi Durbar on 12 December 1911. Bihar was separated from Bengal in 1912, and the capital moved to Delhi.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 8 Exploring Society: India and Beyond (Part 2), Ch 2 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- NCERT Class 8 · Exploring Society: India and Beyond (Part 2), Chapter 2 “1911: Partition of Bengal annulled; capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi”
- History of Bihar Lok Bhavan, Governor's Secretariat, Bihar (Govt. of Bihar) ↗ “It was a process that peaked by 1922, but had started with the Delhi Durbar announcement of King George V on December 12, 1911, that Bihar would be a separate state.”
Question: UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) 2014, General Studies Paper I. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 25 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·
