The Government of India Act of 1935 primarily aimed to:
Provide for a federal structure with provincial autonomy.
The Government of India Act, 1935 proposed an All-India Federation (uniting British provinces and princely states) and replaced the dyarchy of 1919 at the provincial level with provincial autonomy, giving elected ministers responsibility over the entire provincial administration.
Although the federal part never came into force (the princely states did not join), provincial autonomy was implemented through the 1937 elections, which is why federal structure with provincial autonomy was the Act's chief aim.
It did not grant complete independence, nor did it confer Dominion status (the 1929 Nehru declaration and the 1942 demands sought these, but the 1935 Act did not provide them).
It also did not introduce universal adult suffrage; voting rights remained limited by property, tax and education qualifications, covering only a small fraction of the population.
Hence, the answer is that it aimed to provide for a federal structure with provincial autonomy.
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