2025 · Q27
Consider the following statements regarding the Government of India Act, 1919:
- 1It divided the subjects of administration in two categories-central and provincial.
- 2The central subjects were divided into 'reserved' and 'transferred' subjects.
- 3Provincial Governments were granted the power to make their own budgets and Heavy taxes.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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- A1 and 2 only
- B2 and 3 only
- C1 and 3 only
- D1, 2 and 3
Explanation
The Government of India Act, 1919 divided subjects of administration into central and provincial categories, so statement 1 is correct. The reserved/transferred division (dyarchy) applied to provincial subjects, not to central subjects, so statement 2 is incorrect. Provincial governments were given the power to prepare their own budgets and to levy the taxes assigned to them under the devolution rules, so statement 3 is correct. Hence 1 and 3 only are correct.