Q – Which one of the following is not an important and permanent constituent in the Constitutional History of India as adopted in the Government of India Act, 1935?
(a) A written Constitution for the country
(b) Elected representatives responsible to the Legislature
(c) Envisaging a scheme of Federation
(d) Nomination of official members to the Legislature
U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010
Ans. (a)
Explanation – Provision for a written Constitution for the country was not mentioned in the Government of India Act, 1935.
| The demand of a constitution was accepted in principle by the British Government in what is known as the August Offer of 1940 in which the British Government concurred that the framing of new constitution should be primarily the responsibility of Indians themselves.
In 1942, Sir Stafford Cripps, a member of the British cabinet came to India with a draft proposal of the British Government on the framing of an independent constitution to be adopted after the World War II. Finally, a Cabinet Mission was sent to India. It put forth a scheme for the Constituent Assembly. |