{"id":2605,"date":"2025-05-04T20:33:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2025-05-04T20:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:03:32","slug":"q-in-the-federation-established-by-the-government-of-india-act-of-1935-residuary-powers-were-given-to-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-in-the-federation-established-by-the-government-of-india-act-of-1935-residuary-powers-were-given-to-the","title":{"rendered":"Q. In the Federation established by The Government of India Act of 1935, residuary powers were given to the"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Federal Legislature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Governor General<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provincial Legislature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provincial Governors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(b) Governor General<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"government-of-india-act-1935\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/the-government-of-india-act-1935-upsc\/\">Government of India Act, 1935<\/a>:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"federal-government-reforms\"><strong>Federal Government Reforms<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Governor-General\u2019s Role:\u00a0<\/strong>The Governor-General was the linchpin of the constitution, holding powers to act independently on matters of national security.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Three Legislative Lists:<\/strong>\u00a0The Act proposed\u00a0<strong>Federal, Provincial, and Concurrent legislative lists<\/strong>, but the federal structure still needs to materialize.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dyarchy at the Centre:\u00a0<\/strong>Dyarchy was introduced at the Centre, dividing responsibilities between the executive and legislature, though it has yet to come into operation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Direct Elections:<\/strong>\u00a0Direct elections were introduced for the\u00a0<strong>first time<\/strong>, extending the franchise to 37 million people from the previous 5 million.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Legislative Structure:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>Council of States<\/strong>\u00a0became a permanent body with a third of its members retiring every three years, while the Federal Assembly had a five-year tenure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Residuary Powers:\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0<strong>Governor-General retained significant powers, including veto rights, ordinance issuance, and financial authority.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"provincial-government-reforms\"><strong>Provincial Government Reforms<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Provincial Autonomy:\u00a0Dyarchy at the provincial level was<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>abolished<\/strong>, and greater autonomy was granted. Provinces derived authority directly from the Crown.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Governors\u2019 Powers:<\/strong>\u00a0Governors were Crown nominees with extensive powers, including overriding provincial governments when deemed necessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Separate Electorates:<\/strong>\u00a0The communal award of separate electorates for minorities was implemented.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bicameral Legislatures:\u00a0<\/strong>Six provinces\u2014Assam, Bengal, Bombay, Bihar, Madras, and the United Provinces\u2014adopted bicameral legislatures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Direct Elections:\u00a0<\/strong>All provincial assembly members were directly elected, enhancing the role of Indian representatives in governance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"institutional-developments\"><strong>Institutional Developments<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Federal Court:<\/strong>\u00a0The Act provided for the establishment of a Federal Court, which began functioning\u00a0<strong>in 1937.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Abolition of the Council of India:<\/strong>\u00a0The advisory body to the Secretary of State for India was abolished.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Creation of the Reserve Bank of India:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>RBI was established in 1935<\/strong>\u00a0to manage India\u2019s monetary policy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Public Service Commissions:<\/strong>\u00a0The Act led to the creation of\u00a0<strong>Provincial Public Service Commissions\u00a0<\/strong>and a<strong>\u00a0Joint Public Service Commission<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer:&nbsp;(b) Governor General Government of India Act, 1935: Federal Government Reforms Provincial Government Reforms Institutional Developments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[42],"years":[55],"class_list":["post-2605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-modern-history","years-55"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":42,"label":"Modern History"}],"years":[{"value":55,"label":"2018"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":42,"name":"Modern History","slug":"modern-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":87,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}