{"id":92187,"date":"2025-06-01T11:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=92187"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:16:38","slug":"with-reference-to-the-government-of-india-act-1935-consider-the-foll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/with-reference-to-the-government-of-india-act-1935-consider-the-foll\/","title":{"rendered":"With reference to the Government of India Act, 1935, consider the foll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With reference to the Government of India Act, 1935, consider the following statements :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It provided for the establishment of an All India Federation based on the union of the British Indian Provinces and Princely States.<\/li>\n<li>Defence and Foreign Affairs were kept under the control of the federal legislature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct ?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;Both 1 and 2&#8243; option4=&#8221;Neither 1 nor 2&#8243; correct=&#8221;option1&#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 IAS &#8211; 2024<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-ias-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-ias-2024\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">The correct option is A, as only statement 1 is correct.<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">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 &#8220;reserved subjects&#8221; and were kept under the direct control of the Governor-General, who was responsible to the British Crown, not the federal legislature.<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">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.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"With reference to the Government of India Act, 1935, consider the foll\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/with-reference-to-the-government-of-india-act-1935-consider-the-foll\/#more-92187\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">With reference to the Government of India Act, 1935, consider the foll<\/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":[1092],"tags":[1103,1194,1124],"class_list":["post-92187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-ias","tag-1103","tag-constitutional-development-of-india","tag-modern-history-of-india","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>With reference to the Government of India Act, 1935, consider the foll<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct option is A, as only statement 1 is correct. 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