Q. Consider the following statements with reference to Acts and Commissions during the British rule:
1. Indian Councils Act of 1833 provided for nomination of Indians as non-official members of legislative council.
2. India Council Act of 1892 enlarged the functions of the Legislative Councils and gave them powers to discuss the Budget.
3. The Simon Commission recommended the extension of responsible Government in the provinces.
How many statements given above are correct?
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is incorrect. It was the Indian Councils Act of 1861 which initiated the process of decentralization by restoring the legislative powers to the Bombay and Madras Presidencies. It made a beginning of the representative institutions by associating Indians with the law-making process. It, thus, provided that the Viceroy should nominate some Indians as non-official members of his expanded council.
Statement 2 is correct. It was the Indian Councils Act of 1892 which increased the functions of legislative councils and gave them the power of discussing the budget and addressing questions to the executive.
Statement 3 is correct. The Simon commission submitted its report in 1930 and recommended the abolition of dyarchy, extension of responsible Government in the provinces, establishment of a federation of British India and princely states, continuation of communal electorate and so on.
