Constitutional Development in India

Choose the Correct Answer

Correct Answer : Option b

Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: The Simon Commission published a two-volume report in May 1930. It proposed the abolition of dyarchy and the establishment of representative government in the provinces which should be given autonomy.
Statement 2 is not correct: It recommended that separate communal electorates be retained and also extend such electorates to other communities but only until tensions between Hindus and Muslims eases.
Statement 3 is correct: It recommended that Sindh should be separated from Bombay, and Burma should be separated from India because it was not a natural part of the Indian subcontinent.
Other recommendations of Simon Commission:
• It suggested that the North-West Frontier Province and Baluchistan should get local legislatures, and both NWFP and Baluchistan should have the right to be represented at the centre.
• It also suggested that the Indian army should be Indianised though British forces must be retained. India got fully equipped.
• It said that the governor should have discretionary power in relation to internal
• security and administrative powers to protect the different communities.
• The number of members of the provincial legislative council should be increased.
• It rejected parliamentary responsibility at the centre. The governor general was to have complete power to appoint the members of the cabinet. And the Government of India would have complete control over the high court.