UPSC Prelims 2018— Question 38

**Concept and analysis:** The Government of India Act, 1935 created a proposed federation and dealt with distribution of legislative powers. Unlike the present Constitution, its residuary powers were vested in the Governor-General, reflecting the strong discretionary and imperial character of the constitutional scheme. They were not assigned to the federal or provincial legislatures. The question is testing precise UPSC-level identification rather than a broad association. The key is to distinguish the exact institutional, constitutional, historical, geographical, economic or scientific feature being asked. **Option-wise evaluation** **Option A:** Incorrect. Federal Legislature is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option B:** Correct. Governor General directly matches the concept or factual identification established in the analysis. **Option C:** Incorrect. Provincial Legislature is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option D:** Incorrect. Provincial Governors is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **UPSC takeaway:** The safest way to solve this type of question is to anchor the answer in the defining feature of the concept and then test every option against that feature. Closely related institutions or terms are often used as distractors. In statement-based questions, do not judge the option as a whole before checking each statement independently. In factual questions, compare the wording of each option with the exact definition, location, institutional role, chronology or scientific property. The correct answer follows from that verification rather than from familiarity with a keyword.