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Correct Answer: Option (C) — 1 and 3 only
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Standard Reference VerifiedStatement 1 is correct: The Act introduced dyarchy in the executive branch of provincial governments by dividing provincial subjects into 'reserved' and 'transferred'. Statement 2 is incorrect: Separate electorates for Muslims were first introduced by the Morley-Minto Reforms (Indian Councils Act, 1909), not the 1919 Act (which merely extended separate electorates to Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, and Europeans). Statement 3 is correct: The Act demarcated central and provincial subjects, devolving legislative authority over provincial matters to provincial legislatures.
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