UPSC Prelims 2005·GS1·history·modern history

Consider the following statements: The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for

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  1. A1 and 2
  2. B2 and 3
  3. C1 and 3
  4. D1, 2 and 3Correct

Explanation

The Government of India Act 1935 was a milestone document that shaped the Indian constitutional structure. Option D is correct because all three provisions were central to the Act. First, it proposed the establishment of an All India Federation consisting of British Indian Provinces and the Princely States as units. Although this federation never came into being because the Princely States did not join, it was a legal provision of the Act. Second, the Act abolished Dyarchy at the provincial level and introduced Provincial Autonomy, allowing provinces to act as autonomous units of administration in their defined spheres. Third, while Dyarchy was removed from the provinces, it was introduced at the Centre. This meant that federal subjects were divided into Reserved subjects, administered by the Governor General with his councils, and Transferred subjects, administered by him on the advice of ministers responsible to the legislature.
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