The Articles left the federal government unable to raise revenue or manage interstate and foreign commerce, prompting delegates to create a stronger national framework under the Constitution.

The Government of India Act 1935 provided for provincial autonomy and a framework for a federation, leading to provincial ministries after the 1937 elections.

An RIA systematically assesses the expected economic and social costs and benefits of regulatory options to inform decision-making, not to replace legislative review.

Governance denotes a broader, networked mode of public decision-making involving both state and non-state actors, unlike traditional hierarchical government.

Incorrect option selected; correct is a. (Note: The intended correct answer is that 'gender norms' are culturally prescribed behaviors and attitudes for genders.)

Patriarchy is understood as a social system in which men hold primary power across institutions and social roles.

Gender refers to socially constructed roles, behaviors and identities rather than innate biological characteristics.

Factories centralized production, undermined traditional artisan work, and produced large urban wage-labor populations.

Sentence (3) is a specific illustrative detail and not essential to the passage's central idea about urbanization and planning, so it can be omitted in a precis.

Wilde's play is a comedy of manners that lampoons Victorian ideals and social pretenses through wit, irony, and absurd situations.