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Prelims 2016 · Q64 · Constitutional development & personalities

The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to

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Answer: D. The Montagu-Chelmsford proposals (1918) were constitutional reforms that led to the Government of India Act, 1919, which introduced dyarchy in the provinces.

Watch for: Students who remember only the names, not the 1919 Act, may guess.

Why the other options are wrong
  • A. Wrong because they were not social reforms.
  • B. Wrong because they were not about education.
  • C. Wrong because they were not about the police.

Source to check: NCERT Class 8 Our Pasts III, Chapter 'The Making of the National Movement'; Bipan Chandra, India's Struggle for Independence

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