Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

Read the passage and answer the questions:

As the demand for representation grew, the British had been forced to introduce a series of constitutional reforms. A number of Acts were passed (1909, 1919, and 1935), gradually enlarging the space for Indian participation in provincial governments. The executive was made partly responsible to the provincial legislature in 1919, and almost entirely so under the Government of India Act of 1935.

Which of the following statements is correct regarding Montague-Chelmsford Reforms?

Statement A- It allowed some form of representation in provincial legislative assemblies.

Statement B- The executive was made partly responsible to the provincial legislature in 1919.

Options:

Only statement A is correct.

Only statement B is correct.

Both statements are correct.

Neither of them is correct.

Correct Answer:

Both statements are correct.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - Both statements are correct.

Statement A- It allowed some form of representation in provincial legislative assemblies.

Statement B- The executive was made partly responsible to the provincial legislature in 1919.

 

Edwin Montague was the author of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 which allowed some form of representation in provincial legislative assemblies. The executive was made partly responsible to the provincial legislature in 1919, and almost entirely so under the Government of India Act of 1935.