History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET December 2018 History
Under which Act was the first examination for the ICS held in Allahabad?
AThe Morley-Minto Reform Act 1909
BThe Indian Councils Act of 1892
CThe Rowlatt Act of 1919
DThe Government of India Act of 1919 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) The Government of India Act of 1919 — The Act was the Government of India Act of 1919, so the answer is the Government of India Act of 1919.
Explanation
★The Act was the Government of India Act of 1919, so the answer is the Government of India Act of 1919.
★This Act provided for an examination for the ICS to be held in India.
★The first such examination was held at Allahabad in 1922.
★At that time Indians in the bureaucracy were only about fifteen per cent of the total.
★The Act of 1919 is also called the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms.
★It extended communal representation to Sikhs, Anglo-Indians, Indian Christians and Europeans.
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