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The Montague Chelmsford Reforms is known as

AGovernment of India Act 1919

BGovernment of India Act 1935

CGovernment of India Act 1909

DGovernment of India Act 1892

Answer:

A. Government of India Act 1919

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  • Key features of the Montague Chelmsford Reforms include

  1. Introduction of Dyarchy (dual form of government) in the provinces, where certain subjects were transferred to ministers responsible to the legislative council while others remained under the governor's control

  2. Division of powers between the central and provincial governments (early form of federalism)

  3. Expansion of the central and provincial legislatures

  4. Separate electorates for Muslims, Sikhs, and other communities

  5. Limited extension of franchise (voting rights) based on property, taxation, or education




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  2. The chairman of the Union Constitution Committee was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

  3. The total strength of the Constituent Assembly was 389.

  4. The Drafting Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar consisted of eight members.

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  1. Under the Government of India Act, 1919, the Indian Legislature was made more representative and for the first time bicameral.

  2. The Government of India Act, 1935, prescribed a federation taking the Provinces and the Indian States as units.

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