Multiple choice

Under which act, the Bicameral Central Legislature was established during the British period for the first time?

  1. Govt. of India Act 1858

  2. The Indian Council Act 1861

  3. Govt. of India Act 1919

  4. Govt. of India Act 1935
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Explanation

The Government of India Act 1919, also known as the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, introduced bicameral legislature for the first time in British India. It created two houses - the Council of State (upper house) and the Legislative Assembly (lower house). The 1935 Act later expanded this system but was not the first to establish it.

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