Arrange the following 'Acts' in chronological order.
(A) Morley-Minto Reform Act.
(B) Regulating Act of India.
(C) Pitt's India Act.
(D) Montague-Chelmsford Act.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (C), (A), (D)
(B) Regulating Act of India. — 1773. The Regulating Act was passed by the British Parliament to regulate the activities of the East India Company.
(C) Pitt’s India Act. — 1784, eleven years after the Regulating Act.
(A) Morley-Minto Reform Act. — 1909. It was the first of the Acts of 1909, 1919 and 1935 that gradually enlarged the space for Indian participation in provincial governments.
(D) Montague-Chelmsford Act. — 1919. Edwin Montague was the author of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919, which allowed some form of representation in provincial legislative assemblies.
Note: Pitt’s India Act is not in NCERT (2026-27), and the chapter gives the Act of 1909 only by its year, not by the name Morley-Minto Reforms. Pitt’s India Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1784 to bring the East India Company’s rule in India under the control of the British government. The Morley-Minto Reforms are the Indian Councils Act of 1909, named after John Morley, the Secretary of State for India, and Lord Minto, the Viceroy. They are explained here for the benefit of the students.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 The will of the people … In fact, 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.…”
Fig. 12.7 Edwin Montague (left) was the author of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 which allowed some form of representation in provincial legislative assemblies. |
