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Which of the following British legislative acts introduced the direct election system in India for the first time through a limited franchise based on property, tax, and education?

A. Indian Councils Act 1892
B. Government of India Act 1909
C. Government of India Act 1919✓ Correct Answer
D. Government of India Act 1935

💡 Solution & Explanation

The Government of India Act nineteen nineteen, popularly known as the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, introduced the direct election system in British India for the first time through a restricted franchise based on property, tax qualifications, and education. The preceding Indian Councils Act of eighteen ninety-two relied exclusively on indirect nomination methods. This statute also instituted bicameralism at the central level.

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