{"id":84887,"date":"2025-06-01T02:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=84887"},"modified":"2025-06-01T02:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:54:43","slug":"which-one-of-the-following-is-not-a-change-brought-about-by-the-indi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-is-not-a-change-brought-about-by-the-indi\/","title":{"rendered":"Which one of the following is  not  a change brought about by the Indi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which one of the following is <b>not<\/b> a change brought about by the Indian Independence Act of 1947?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;The Government of India Act, 1935 was amended to provide an interim Constitution.&#8221; option2=&#8221;India ceased to be a dependency.&#8221; option3=&#8221;The Crown was the source of authority till new Constitution was framed.&#8221; option4=&#8221;The Governor-General was the constitutional head of Indian Dominion.&#8221; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CDS-1 &#8211; 2019<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2019\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe Indian Independence Act of 1947 declared India independent and sovereign. Consequently, the authority of the Crown ceased to exist. The Constituent Assembly of India became sovereign, and its power to frame a new Constitution was not derived from the British Crown but from the will of the Indian people. Therefore, the statement that &#8220;The Crown was the source of authority till new Constitution was framed&#8221; is incorrect.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; The Indian Independence Act, 1947 ended British rule and declared India independent and sovereign.<br \/>\n&#8211; The sovereignty was transferred from the British Crown to the Constituent Assemblies of the Dominions of India and Pakistan.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\n&#8211; The Government of India Act, 1935 was adapted and amended (not as a new &#8216;interim Constitution&#8217; but as the working legal framework) to serve as the Constitution for each Dominion until a new Constitution was framed and adopted.<br \/>\n&#8211; India ceased to be a dependency and attained the status of a free and sovereign nation.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Governor-General became the constitutional head of the Indian Dominion, acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which one of the following is not a change brought about by the Indian Independence Act of 1947? [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;The Government of India Act, 1935 was amended to provide an interim Constitution.&#8221; option2=&#8221;India ceased to be a dependency.&#8221; option3=&#8221;The Crown was the source of authority till new Constitution was framed.&#8221; option4=&#8221;The Governor-General was the constitutional &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Which one of the following is  not  a change brought about by the Indi\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-is-not-a-change-brought-about-by-the-indi\/#more-84887\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Which one of the following is  not  a change brought about by the Indi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[1119,1124,1270],"class_list":["post-84887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cds-1","tag-1119","tag-modern-history-of-india","tag-partition-of-india-and-independence","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Which one of the following is not a change brought about by the Indi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Indian Independence Act of 1947 declared India independent and sovereign. 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