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Q57 (IAS/2000) Polity & Governance › Constitutional Basics & Evolution › Government of India Acts Answer Verified

Which one of the following is not a feature of the Government of India Act of 1935?

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The Government of India Act, 1935 provided provincial autonomy and envisaged an All‑India Federation with a bicameral central legislature [1]. It also created a division of subjects at the Centre into reserved and transferred categories (a form of central-level division), and envisaged bicameral legislatures in several provinces [2]. However, diarchy at the provincial level (introduced earlier under 1919) was abolished and provinces were granted responsible ministries, so the Act did not retain ‘diarchy in the provinces’—provincial diarchy ended while a reserved/transferred division existed at the Centre [3]. Therefore the statement “Diarchy at the Centre as well as in the provinces” is not a feature of the 1935 Act.

Sources

  1. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 20: Debates on the Future Strategy after Civil Disobedience Movement > Government of India Act, 1935 > p. 410
  2. [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 26: Constitutional, Administrative and Judicial Developments > Government of India Act, 1935 > p. 512
  3. [3] https://gacbe.ac.in/pdf/ematerial/18BHI14C-U2.pdf
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