Question

Which act granted provincial autonomy?
a.Government of India Act 1858
b.Government of India Act 1919
c.Government of India Act 1935
d.Government of India Act 1947

Answer 1

Hint: The concept of a province with administrative autonomy is understood as Provincial Autonomy. Another important feature of this act was that the federal subjects were divided mainly into two fold categories of Reserved subjects and Transferred subjects.

Complete solution: All the four given government of India acts given to us in the options have something important about them, but there is just one act, the Government of India Act of 1935 which talked about the idea of provincial autonomy. Let us understand a bit more about this act comprehensively.
Amongst all others, the most remarkable and important feature of the Act, which we must remember was the provincial autonomy. With the abolition of Dyarchy at provinces, the entire provincial administration was instructed to the responsible ministers who were controlled and removed by the provincial legislatures.
This concept of provincial autonomy explained two features for the provinces that, firstly, the provinces were free from all kinds of external interference in a lot of matters and secondly, the provincial governments were held absolute responsibility of the provincial legislatures. So we can deduce that in the provincial management section, this act departed heavily from the act of 1919. The act had its own limits and restrictions, but since with regards to the question, we are specifically asked about provincial autonomy, we shall focus on it.
Hence option c is the correct answer.

Note: The Government of India Act 1935 was based on the Simon Commission Report, The recommendations of the Round Table Conferences, The White Paper published by the British government in 1933 (based on the Third Round Table Conference) and the Report of the Joint Select Committees.