History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET December 2024 History
By which of the following Acts was an Indian for the first time made a law member on the Viceroy's Executive Council?
AMorley-Minto Reforms, 1909 ✓ Correct
BMontague-Chelmsford Reform, 1919
CGovernment of India Act, 1935
DAct of 1872
Correct answer: (A) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909 — The answer is the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909.
Explanation
★The answer is the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909.
★The Indian Councils Act of 1909 allowed the Governor General to nominate an Indian to the Executive Council.
★The Governor General nominated Satyendra Prasad Sinha as the Law Member.
★Satyendra Prasad Sinha was the first Indian to join the Executive Council as Law Member.
★The Act also introduced separate electorates for Muslims.
★So the change came through the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909.
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