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:

(B), (C), (A), (D)

The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (C), (A), (D)

The correct chronological order is:

(B) Regulating Act of India.
(C) Pitt's India Act.
(A) Morley-Minto Reform Act.
(D) Montague-Chelmsford Act.

Explanation:

Regulating Act, 1773: Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament to regulate the activities of the East India Company

Pitt's India Act, 1784: Pitt's India Act or the East India Company Act 1784 was passed in the British Parliament to rectify the defects of the Regulating Act 1773.

Morley-Minto Reform Act, 1909: This Act introduced limited electoral reforms, giving Indians greater representation in the legislative councils. It also established separate electorates for Muslims.

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. The executive was made partly responsible to the provincial legislature in 1919, and almost entirely so under the Government of India Act of 1935.