1. Administration of Justice
2. Local Self-Government
3. Land Revenue
4. Police
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4
Answer: c
Explanation:
The Act of 1919 set up a bicameral legislature of the Centre in place of the Imperial Council consisting of One House .
The Act provided for two lists of subjects: Central list and Provincial list .
The Central subjects – Defence, Foreign and Political Relation, Public Debt , Tariffs and Customs, Posts,and Telegraphs, Patents and Copyright, Currency and Coinage, Communication, Commerce and Shipping , Civil and Criminal Law and Procedure, Major Ports, etc.
The Provincial subjects – Local Self-Government, Public Health and Sanitation
And Medical Administration, Education Public Works, Water Supplies and Irrigation, Land Revenue Administration, Famine Relief, Agriculture, Forests, Co-operative societies, Law and order ,etc.
The principle underlying the division was the matter in regard to which uniformity in legislation was necessary or desirable for the whole of India or in more than one province should be regarded as central , while others in which only a particular province was interested , should be regarded as provincial.
The Act of 1919 introduced dyarchy in the provinces.Under this system, the subjects to be dealt with by the Provincial Government were divided into two parts: Transferred and Reserved subjects.
The Reserved subjects were administered by the Governor with the help of the Executive Council and The Transferred subjects were dealt with by the Governor with the help of his ministers.
Reserved Subjects:- Administration of justice, police, irrigation and canals, Drainage and Embankments, Water Shortage and Water Power, Land Revenue Administration, Land Improvements and Agriculture loans, Famine relief, Control of Newspapers, Books and Printing press, Prisons and Reformatories, Borrowing money on credit of the province, Forest expect in Bombay and Burma, Factory inspections, Settlement of Labour disputes, Industrial insurance and Housing.
Transferred subject:– Local self-government including matters relating to Municipal Corporations and District Boards, Public health, Sanitation, and medical administration, including Hospital and Asylum and provision for medical education. Education of Indians with some exceptions, public work, including Roads, bridges and municipal tramways, but excluding irrigation, Agriculture and Fisheries, Co-operative Societies, Excise, Forest in Bombay and Burma only, Development of industries, Including Industrial Research and technical education.
Hence, option c is correct.
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