Question

Who did get place as a separate electorate in the Government of India Act, 1935?
1. Muslims
2. Sikhs
3. Parsees
4. Anglo - Indians

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Anglo - Indians

The correct answer is 

Features of the Government of India Act 1935:

• It provided for the establishment of an All-India Federation consisting of provinces and princely states as units. 
• It abolished dyarchy in the provinces and introduced ‘provincial autonomy’ in its place.
• It provided for the adoption of dyarchy at the Centre.
• It introduced bicameralism in six out of eleven provinces.
• It further extended the principle of communal representation by providing separate electorates for depressed classes (scheduled castes), women, and labor (workers).
  • This act gave the provision for separate electorates for Anglo-Indians and Indian Christians.