GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN POLITICS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which one of the following suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy’s Executive Council in which all the portfolios to be held by the Indian leaders?

A	Simon Commission
B	Simla Conference
C	Cripps Proposals
D	Cabinet Mission

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Suggested in June, 1945 by the Viceroy Lord Wavell in Simla.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian Councils Act 1909 empowered the Governor General to nominate one Indian member to the Executive Council leading to the appointment of Satyendra Prasanna Sinha as the first Indian member.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Councils Act 1861 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that transformed India’s executive council to function as a cabinet run on the portfolio system.

Detailed explanation-4: -He also became the first Indian to enter the Viceroy’s Executive Council in 1909. He was knighted in the New Year Honours on 1 January 1915. Sinha was elected President of the Indian National Congress in 1915 at the Bombay session of Congress.

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