Read the source below carefully to answer question (a). Bengal was the largest province of India with a population of 85 million people. Lord Curzon, the newly appointed Viceroy believed that Bengal was too large to be governed efficiently as a single province and in 1903 proposed that it should be split into two, West Bengal and East Bengal.

Q: What topic does this question test?

This question tests The history and culture of Pakistan in O-Level Pakistan Studies (syllabus code 2059). It is worth 25 marks.

Q: Which exam paper is this question from?

This question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Pakistan Studies Oct/Nov 2014 examination, Paper 1 Variant 0 (2059_w14_qp_1.pdf).

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Read the source below carefully to answer question (a). Bengal was the largest province of India with a population of 85 million people. Lord Curzon, the newly appointed Viceroy believed that Bengal was too large to be governed efficiently as a single province and in 1903 proposed that it should be split into two, West Bengal and East Bengal.

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