Multiple Choice Questions

Which among the following was NOT one of the provisions of the lsquo Communal Award rsquo ........

General Studies(Punjab Allied) History

Which among the following, was NOT one of the provisions of the ‘Communal Award’ ?

Separate electorates for the Muslims, Europeans and the Sikhs

Members of the Depressed Classes were assigned reserved seats and separate electorates.

Distinction was being drawn between Depressed classes and higher-casts Hindus.

Weightage was given to the Depressed Classes.

The Communal Award was made by the British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald on 16 August 1932 granting separate electorates in India for the Forward Caste, Scheduled Caste, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans and Depressed Classes etc. The principle of weightage was also applied. The Communal Award was basically a proposal on minority representation. The Muslims, wherever they were in minority, were to be granted a weightage. Hence option 4th is incorrect.