Q65
Indian National MovementBritish Policy, Acts & Constitutional Reforms
The provision for separate electorate for Hindus and Muslims was made in
- a.Government of India Act, 1935
- b.Montagu-Chelmsford reforms
- c.Minto-Morley reforms
- d.Mountbatten Plan
Answer: (C) Minto-Morley reforms
The Indian Councils Act of 1909 (commonly called the Morley-Minto Reforms) first introduced separate electorates for Muslims, a provision that deepened communal political divisions in the following decades.