The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to
- A.social reforms
- B.educational reforms
- C.reforms in police administration
- D.constitutional reforms
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, constitutional reforms. The proposals led to the Government of India Act, 1919, which changed how British India was governed.
Edwin Montagu, the Secretary of State for India, announced in August 1917 that Britain aimed at the gradual development of self-governing institutions in India. He and the Viceroy, Lord Chelmsford, then toured India and published their Report on Indian Constitutional Reforms in 1918. Its proposals became the Government of India Act, 1919. The Act brought in dyarchy in the provinces, dividing subjects into transferred ones run by ministers answerable to the legislature and reserved ones kept by the Governor. It also created a bicameral central legislature and widened separate electorates.
A is wrong because the proposals did not deal with social customs. B is wrong because education was only one transferred subject, not their purpose; the Hunter Commission and the Sadler Commission handled education. C is wrong because police reform was the work of the Police Commission of 1902.
Exam tip: August Declaration 1917, Montagu-Chelmsford Report 1918, Government of India Act 1919, dyarchy.
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- B.Use the new Enfield cartridge
- C.March to Burma across the sea
- D.Serve under Indian officers
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