Q. Government of India Act 1935 derived material from which of the following?
  1. Simon Report
  2. Discussions at the Third Round Table Conference
  3. White Paper of 1933
  4. Reports of the Joint select committees
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

Answer: 1, 2, 3 & 4
Notes: The third round table conference was convened in London from November 17 to 24 year 1932. A white paper was issue in the year March 1933. The details of the working basis of the new constitution of India were enumerated in the white paper. It was declared that according to the new constitution, there would be dyarchy at the centre and secretary of state of India, which subsequently passed and enacted as the Government of India Act, 1935. Thus, the Act of 1935 came into existence as a result of third round table conference. The act drew its materials from Simon Report, the discussions of the three round table conferences, the details enumerated in the white paper and the report of the joint select committees. The most significant of the act was ; provision for the establishment of a federation of India ; to be made up of both British India and some or all of the princely states.
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