Consider the following statements regarding the Government of India, 1935: 1. The All-India Federation was operationalized. 2. Establishment of Reserve Bank of India. 3. Dyarchy at the central level was operationalized. 4. Distribution of powers between Centre and States. 5. Greater powers to the secretary of state. 6. Separation of Burma from India Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Statement 1 is incorrect: Act provided for the establishment of the All-India Federation comprising the Provinces and the princely states. Since the princely states did not join hence such a federation was never operationalized. ● Statement 3 is incorrect: Act abolished Dyarchy at the provincial level (introduced in the provinces in 1919) and introduced Dyarchy at the centre Level (Division of Federal subjects into two categories- Reserved and Transferred). Provincial autonomy was introduced at the provinces while the Dyarchy at the Federal level was not operationalized. Government of India Act 1935 – Salient Features §  Federalism §  3 Legislative Lists   §  Provincial Autonomy §  Parliamentary form of Govt §  Dyarchy at Central Government   ● Statement 5 is incorrect: The Council of India provided to assist the Secretary of State was abolished. The Secretary of State was provided with a team of advisors. His powers were not increased ● Statement 2, 4 and 6 are correct: The act provided for setting up- Federal public service commission, provincial public service commission, joint public service commission, federal court, Reserve Bank of India ● It divided the powers between the centre and units in terms of three lists- Federal list, provincial list and the concurrent list. Residuary powers were given to the Viceroy. However, this federation never fructified since princely states did not join it. ● The Act 1935 confirmed that separation of Burma from India would occur on April 1, 1937, ending 51 years of the country being ruled as a province of India.