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Consider the following provisions associated with the Government of India Act of 1935: 1. Abolition of provincial dyarchy and introduction of provincial autonomy. 2. Establishment of a Federal Court which functioned as the highest court of appeal in British India. 3. Provision for the establishment of an All-India Federation comprising British Indian provinces and princely states. 4. Introduction of dyarchy at the central level of government. Which of the statements given above are correct?

A. 1 and 3 only
B. 2 and 4 only
C. 1, 3 and 4 only
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4✓ Correct Answer

💡 Solution & Explanation

All four provisions correctly describe the structural transformations enacted through the Government of India Act of 1935. It dismantled dyarchy in the provinces, introducing provincial autonomy, while simultaneously inaugurating dyarchy at the central level. It proposed an All-India Federation that ultimately failed due to lack of princely state accession, and established a Federal Court in Delhi to adjudicate constitutional disputes. The Privy Council in London remained the ultimate appellate tribunal.

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