Question

Q. With reference to Government of India 1919, which of the following statements is/are correct?

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• A.
  1 only
• B.
  2 only
• C.
  Both 1 and 2
• D.
  Neither 1 nor 2

Answer 1

The correct option is A

1 only
Explanation:

The Government of India Act 1919 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed to expand participation of Indians in the government of India. The Act embodied the reforms recommended in the report of the Secretary of State for India, Edwin Montagu, and the Viceroy, Lord Chelmsford.

Statement 1 is correct: Act relaxed the central control over the provinces by demarcating and separating the central and provincial subjects. It further divided the provincial subjects into two parts—transferred and reserved. The transferred subjects were to be administered by the governor with the aid of ministers responsible to the Legislative Council. The reserved subjects, on the other hand, were to be administered by the governor and his executive council without being responsible to the Legislative Council. This dual scheme of governance was known as ‘dyarchy’.

Statement 2 is incorrect: Government of India Act of 1935 provided for the first time the establishment of an All-India Federation consisting of provinces and princely states as units.