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UPSC 2012: The distribution of powers between the Centre and the States in the Indian Constitution is based on the scheme provided in the:
(a)Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
(b)Montagu-Chelmsford Act, 1919
(c)Government of India Act, 1935
(d)Indian Independence Act, 1947
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) Government of India Act, 1935
The Constitution’s division of legislative powers into Union, State and Concurrent Lists (Seventh Schedule) copies the three-list federal-provincial scheme of the Government of India Act, 1935. The earlier 1909 and 1919 reforms had no such list system, and the 1947 Act only transferred power. Hence option (c) is correct. ([studyadda.com](https://www.studyadda.com/solved-papers/solved-paper-general-studies-2012_q48/772/355588?utm_source=openai))
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