Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following statements about Montagu’s August Declaration of 1917:

Statement
1. It proposed increasing Indian participation in every branch of administration.
2. It envisaged the progressive realization of responsible government within the British Empire.
3. It specified a binding timetable for transferring authority to elected Indian legislatures.
4. It left the nature and timing of constitutional advance to the government.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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