Government of India Act, 1935 introduced:

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Answer 1

The correct answer is provincial autonomy.

Important Points

The Government of India Act, 1935 was passed by British Parliament in 1935 and came into effect in 1937.
It was based on the report by a Joint Select Committee led by Lord Linlithgow.
It was organized into 11 parts and 10 schedules.
Key features: The creation of a 'Federation of India' that consisted of two levels, a central executive and Parliament, and below it provinces and princely states.
- It discarded the dyarchy system at the provincial level. And it was replaced with the Provincial Autonomy. Hence option 1 is correct.
- A federal court was established.
- It further extended the principle of communal representation by providing separate electorates for depressed classes (scheduled castes), women and labour (workers).