With reference to the Government of India Act, 1935, consider the foll

With reference to the Government of India Act, 1935, consider the following statements :

It provided for the establishment of an All India Federation based on the union of the British Indian Provinces and Princely States.
Defence and Foreign Affairs were kept under the control of the federal legislature.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

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1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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The correct option is A, as only statement 1 is correct.

Statement 1 is correct. The Government of India Act, 1935, indeed proposed the establishment of an All India Federation comprising British Indian Provinces and the Princely States. However, this federal part of the Act was never fully implemented as the required number of Princely States did not accede to the federation. Statement 2 is incorrect. Under the Government of India Act, 1935, subjects like Defence and External Affairs (Foreign Affairs) were classified as “reserved subjects” and were kept under the direct control of the Governor-General, who was responsible to the British Crown, not the federal legislature.

The 1935 Act introduced provincial autonomy and dyarchy at the centre (though dyarchy was abolished at the provincial level). It also established the Federal Court and the Reserve Bank of India. While the federation part did not materialize, the provincial autonomy provisions and other parts of the Act had a significant impact and served as a basis for the Indian Constitution.

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