Which Government of India Act promised some form of representative government?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Government of India Act 1935
In 1935 a new Government of India Act promised some form of representative government. Two years later, in the elections of 1937 held on a restricted franchise, the Congress won a comprehensive victory, and eight out of eleven provinces had a Congress “Prime Minister” working under a British Governor.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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NCERT (2025-26): “3.2 Dialogues … In 1935, however, a new Government of India Act promised some form of representative government. Two years later, in an election held on the basis of a restricted franchise, the Congress won a comprehensive victory. Now eight out of 11 provinces had a Congress ‘Prime Minister’, working under the supervision of a British Governor. In September 1939, two years after the Congress ministries assumed office, the Second World War broke out.…” |