Correct answer: (a) 1 only
Explanation
- A
1 only
1 only. The Act provided for an All-India Federation of Provinces and acceding Princely States.
- B
2 only
2 only. Defence and external affairs were not under the federal legislature.
- C
Both 1 and 2
Both. Statement 2 fails: those subjects stayed with the Governor-General.
- D
Neither 1 nor 2
Neither. Statement 1 is the correctly keyed limb.
Summary. Official key is (a) 1 only. The Government of India Act, 1935 designed a federation of British Indian Provinces and those Princely States that acceded. Defence and foreign affairs were Governor-General’s reserved responsibilities, not federal-legislature subjects. So 2 is false.
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