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The socialist group in the INC during, the $1930$s had been led by.

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  1. Bipin Chandra Pal

  2. Rajendra Prasad

  3. Lala Lajpat Rai

  4. Subhas Chandra Bose

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following statements is not correct? The materials for the Government of India Act of $1935$ were drawn from.

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  1. The Simon Commission Report

  2. The Nehru Committee Report

  3. The White Paper issued by the British Government

  4. Morley-Minto Reforms

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Correct Option: D

The Communal Award, which was subsequently changed, following Gandhi's fast unto death in jail at Poona, had been given by _______.

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  1. Ramsay Mcdonald

  2. Lloyd George

  3. Stanley Baldwin

  4. A.V. Alexander

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

On August 16, 1932, the British Prime Minister McDonald announced the Communal Award. It  declared the depressed classes to be minorities, and entitled them to separate electorates. Mahatma Gandhi objected to this provision which in his view separated them from the whole Hindu community. 

Which of the following statement is not correct about provisions of $1935$ Government Act?

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  1. The Central Subjects

  2. Provincial Subjects

  3. Concurrent Lists

  4. A List of Subjects for Princely States

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Government of India Act of 1935 was the last constitution of British India, before the country was divided, in 1947 and worked till the Indian Constitution was framed. It consisted of 321 sections and 10 schedules. Some of its features were:
1. Introduced provincial autonomy and dyarchy at centre.
2. It provided for the establishment of a federal court.
3. It gave a measure to form a federal form of government and an all India Federation.
4. The act divided the powers between the Centre and provinces in terms of three list-Federal List (for Centre, with 59 items), Provincial List (for Provinces, with 54 items), and Concurrent list (for both, with 36 items). Residuary powers were given to the Viceroy.

The Government of India Act of $1935$ borrowed its preamble from ________.

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  1. The Constitution of the USA

  2. The Constitution of Australia

  3. From the Government of India Act of $1919$

  4. From Pitt's India Act

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Government of India Act of 1935 was the last constitution of British India, before the country was divided, in 1947 and worked till the Indian Constitution was framed. It had no preamble of its own, but kept in place the 1919 Act's preamble even while repealing the remainder of that Act. Some of its features were:
1. Introduced provincial autonomy and dyarchy at centre.
2. It provided for the establishment of a federal court.
3. It gave a measure to form a federal form of government and an all India Federation.

A Federal Railway Authority was established by the Act of ______.

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  1. $1909$

  2. $1919$

  3. $1935$

  4. $1861$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Government of India Act of 1935 was the last constitution of British India, before the country was divided, in 1947 and worked till the Indian Constitution was framed. It consisted of 321 sections and 10 schedules. Some of its features were:
1. Introduced provincial autonomy and dyarchy at centre.
2. It provided for the establishment of a federal court.
3. It gave a measure to form a federal form of government and an all India Federation
4. It vested the control of Railway in a new authority called Federal Railway Authority, which had seven members.

Which of the following statements is not correct? As per the Act of $1935$, the Federal Court would have jurisdiction to decide disputes between?

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  1. The Federating Units

  2. The Federating Units and the Federal Government

  3. The Federal Government and a Federating Units

  4. The Centre and constituent units

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Government of India Act of 1935 was the last constitution of British India, before the country was divided, in 1947 and worked till the Indian Constitution was framed. It consisted of 321 sections and 10 schedules. Some of its features were:
1. Introduced provincial autonomy and dyarchy at centre.
2. It provided for the establishment of a federal court which was given exclusive original jurisdiction to decide disputes between the Centre and constituent units.
3. It gave a measure to form a federal form of government and an all India Federation.

Which of the following is not the part of Government of India Act, 1935

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  1. This act provided for setting up of the federation of India comprising British Indian provinces.

  2. Diarchy in the provinces was replaced by provincial autonomy.

  3. The post of Indian council of secretary of state for India made permanent.

  4. The diarchy was introduced at the centre.

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Correct Option: C

In which of the following provinces the Congress Ministry was not formed in June $1937$?

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  1. United Provinces

  2. Central Provinces

  3. Madras

  4. Assam

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In the 1937 elections, the Indian National Congress emerged in power in eight of the provinces - the three exceptions being Bengal, Punjab, and Sindh. It formed MInistries in 8 out of the 11 provinces. IN Assam it had won 33 out of 108 seats and though it was the single largest party it was not in a position to form a Ministry. 

After the $1935$ elections, the only two provinces out of eleven which had non-Congress ministries were ________.

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  1. Bengal and Punjab

  2. Assam and Kerala

  3. Bengal and Assam

  4. Punjab and Kerala

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Correct Option: A