Question

What was the main provision of Indian act 1892?
A.Definition of the jurisdiction of the central and provincial government.
B.increased the number of the legislative councils and enlarged their functions
C.enlarged separate electorate for muslims
D. the executive council remained as central legislative councils

Answer 1

Hint:The Indian Councils Act of 1892 was an Act of Parliament of the British which introduced various amendments in the composition,and in the function of legislative council in India during the british rule.

Complete answer:
Definition of the jurisdiction of the central and provincial government :"jurisdiction includes all the rights, power and also the authority. We can define it as the limit of a judicial authority or it is the extent to which the court of law can implement its authority over the appeals and on different cases or etc.

 increased the number of the legislative councils and enlarged their functions:Most probably the act makes necessary provisions on the number of additional members and they have to be represented in the central and provincial councils as well.

enlarged separate electorate for muslims:Separate Electorates are a kind of elections where minorities select their representatives which they own individually, In order to oppose Joint Electorates in which people are selected collectively.

The executive council remained as central legislative councils:when there was a rule of ( East India Company), the council of the Governor of India had both executive, as well as legislative duties. The council had 4 members. Council was elected by the Directors courts. The first of the three members were permitted to participate on all the occasions.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: This act tends to increase the number of non-official or additional members in the Central, as well as provincials legislative councils, but they maintained the official majority in them.It also Increased the functions of the legislative councils.