Consider the following statements :1. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms

1.	Consider the following statements :1. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 recommended granting voting rights to all the women above the age of 21.2. The Government of India Act of 1935 gave women reserved seats in legislature.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?1. 1 only2. 2 only3. Both 1 and 24. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : 2 only The correct answer is 2 only. When the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms were introduced in 1918 no recommendation was made for Indian women’s enfranchisement. Suffragists were active in drawing up petitions and published updates about the struggle in Stri Dharma, urging support for women’s political empowerment as a part of the anti-colonial movement against Britain. Government of India Act, 1919, denied women the right to vote despite the All India Women’s Deputation led by Sarojini Naidu to Edwin Samuel Montague, the then Secretary of State, India. Hence statement 1 is not correct. The Government of India Act, 1935, as finally adopted, made twenty-nine million men and six million women eligible to vote. Seats were reserved for women on a communal basis while women could contest from any general seat as well. Hence statement 2 is correct.

Consider the following statements :1. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 recommended granting voting rights to all the women above the age of 21.2. The Government of India Act of 1935 gave women reserved seats in legislature.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?1. 1 only2. 2 only3. Both 1 and 24. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : 2 only

The correct answer is 2 only.

When the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms were introduced in 1918 no recommendation was made for Indian women’s enfranchisement.
Suffragists were active in drawing up petitions and published updates about the struggle in Stri Dharma, urging support for women’s political empowerment as a part of the anti-colonial movement against Britain.
Government of India Act, 1919, denied women the right to vote despite the All India Women’s Deputation led by Sarojini Naidu to Edwin Samuel Montague, the then Secretary of State, India. Hence statement 1 is not correct.
The Government of India Act, 1935, as finally adopted, made twenty-nine million men and six million women eligible to vote. Seats were reserved for women on a communal basis while women could contest from any general seat as well. Hence statement 2 is correct.