Description of Quiz: The dual system introduced by Pitt’s India Act came to an end. India was now to be governed by and under the guise of the Crown through a Secretary of State and a board consisting of fifteen individuals. The Governor-General became the Viceroy, in collaboration with regional authorities expanded. Lord Canning became the first Viceroy to govern India.

The Indian Independence Act received approval from the British Parliament based on the Mountbatten Plan which resulted in the partition of India and paved the way for the sovereignty of India and Pak.

The Government of India Act, 1919,implemented a system of dyarchy across the provinces, dividing subjects into two lists (def. An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts. ): set aside and moved. The reserved subjects were managed by the British, while the transferred subjects fell under the direct supervision of Indian ministers. Dyarchy got scrapped after they brought in provincial autonomy under the Government of India Act.