The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to

[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2016 Prelims]

(a) social reforms

(b) educational reforms

(c) reforms in police administration

(d) constitutional reforms


Answer: (d)

Explanation:

  • The British government in India introduced the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms in 1919, led by Secretary of State Edwin Montagu and Viceroy Lord Chelmsford.
  • The reforms aimed to progressively transfer the responsibility of government in India as a part of the British Empire.
  • The act included important provisions such as the end of benevolent despotism with a separate preamble, the introduction of Diarchy, and the establishment of a Public Service Commission, which was a first for India.
  • Additionally, the act made the central legislature bicameral.

Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer.

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Consider the following statements:                                                         The Parliament of India can place a particular law in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India. The validity of a law placed in the Ninth Schedule cannot be examined by any court and no judgement can be made on it. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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