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Event Morley-Minto Reforms
Asked 9 times across 3 UPSC exams over 6 years (2016–2022), peaking in 2016.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 6 of 9 PYQs
- Most asked in 2016
- Recurs across 3 years (2016–2022)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2016 → CDS 2019
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (6 of 9) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2022
The provision for separate electorate for Muslims was given in :
- A Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909 ✓
- B Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
- C Communal Award, 1932
- D Government of India Act, 1935
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CDS2019
Arrange the following in the chronological order of their implementation
- The Indian Factory Act (First)
- The Vernacular Press Act
- The Morley-Minto Reforms
- The Cornwallis Code
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
- A 4, 2, 1, 3
- B 2, 4, 1, 3 ✓
- C 3, 4, 1, 2
- D 2, 1, 3, 4
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CAPF2016
Consider the following statements about the Morley-Minto reforms of 1909
- They were named after the British Parliamentarians, Minto and Morley
- They provided for limited self-government by increasing the number of elected Indians in the Legislative Councils
- They contained provisions that ensured that British officials retained their majority in the Imperial Legislative Council
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 and 3 only ✓
- C 1 and 3 only
- D 1, 2 and 3
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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