Question

The Government of India Act, 1935 vested the residuary power in the:-
A. British Parliament
B. Federal Legislature
C. State Legislature
D. Governor General

Answer 1

Hint: Government of India Act 1935 was passed by the British Parliament in August, 1935. It was the longest act passed by British parliament so far.

Complete answer:
The Government of India Act, 1935 vested the residuary power in the hands of Governor General.
The Government of India Act 1935, has three hundred twenty one sections and ten schedules. It is based on four main sources that are: report of Simon Commission, discussions at the Third Round Table Conference, the White Paper of 1933 and the reports of the Joint Select committees.
This act abolished the system of dyarchy initiated by Government of India Act 1919 and established India as a Federation of India which consists of provinces of British India and the Princely states.
This act vested the central residuary powers to the Governor General and categorised the federal subjects into reserved and transferred. The reserved subjects which are related to defense, external affairs and many more were managed by Governor General at his discretion while transferred subjects were also managed by the Governor General but on the advice of Council of Ministers.

Hence the correct answer is option D.

Note: This act was later split into two parts: Government of India Act 1935 and Government of Burma Act 1935 as this act also led to separation of Burma from India. The main characteristics of this act were: abolition of provincial dyarchy, provision for an All India Federation, supremacy of British Parliament, increase in size of legislature, abolition of Indian council and introduction of an advisory body in its place.