Question

Identify the INCORRECTstatement about Government of India Act 1919:

1. The Government of India Act 1919 came into force in 1921.
2. This Act is also known as Morley Minto Reforms Act.
3. Montagu was the Secretary of State for India and Lord Chelmsford was the Viceroy of India.
4. This Act separate the Central and Provincial subjects.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : This Act is also known as Morley Minto Reforms Act.

This Act is also known as Morley Minto Reforms Act is NOT correct.

• Dyarchy, a system of double government introduced by the Government of India Act (1919) for the provinces of British India.
• The Government of India Act 1919 came into force in 1921. Hence statement 1 is correct.
• It marked the first introduction of the democratic principle into the executive branch of the British administration of India.
• Dyarchy was introduced as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu (secretary of state for India, 1917–22) and Lord Chelmsford (viceroy of India, 1916–21).
• This Act is also known as the Montagu - Chelmsford Reforms. Hence statement 2 is not correct.
• Montagu was the Secretary of State for India and Lord Chelmsford was the Viceroy of India. Hence statement 3 is correct.
• This Act separates the Central and Provincial subjects. 

• Features of the Act
  • It relaxed the central control over the provinces by demarcating and separating the central and provincial subjects. ...
  • It further divided the provincial subjects into two parts—transferred and reserved.
  • It introduced, for the first time, bicameralism.