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Questions |
Answers |
| 1 |
The Regulating Act was passed in – |
1773 |
| 2 |
In which Act for the first time provision was made for the post of Governor-General of Bengal? |
Regulating Act, 1773 |
| 3 |
Under the provision of Regulating Act, a Provincial Assembly for Bihar was set up in – |
1774 |
| 4 |
When did Bihar become a separate province in India? |
1912 |
| 5 |
The Supreme Court was set up for the first time in India under the – |
Regulating Act, 1773 |
| 6 |
The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court established by the East India Company was – |
Elijah Impey |
| 7 |
Which Act gave the right to reject the decision of the committee to the Governor-General? |
Act of 1786 |
| 8 |
When were the rights of the tenants on land in Bengal and Bihar recognized by the Bengal Tenancy Act? |
1885 |
| 9 |
The monopoly of the East India Company in India’s trade was abolished in – |
1813 |
| 10 |
Who recommended holding the Indian Civil Service Examination simultaneously in India & England? |
Montagu-Chelmsford Report |
| 11 |
Which Act provisioned a competitive exam system for Civil Services? |
1853 |
| 12 |
Which Act for the first time created a functioning Legislature Council in India? |
Charter Act of 1853 |
| 13 |
In which year the British Government finally agreed to hold the Indian Civil Services (I.C.S.) examination simultaneously in India and England? |
1922 |
| 14 |
By which Act, the British Parliament had abolished the monopoly of East India Company’s trade in India except for Tea and China trade? |
Charter Act of 1813 |
| 15 |
Under which Act, Board of Control was established? |
Pitt’s India Act, 1784 |
| 16 |
British East India Company lost the monopoly of the Tea trade by – |
The Charter Act of 1833 |
| 17 |
Which Act transferred the Government of India from East India Company to the Crown? |
The Government of India Act, 1858 |
| 18 |
Which Act empowered the Governor- General of India to issue Ordinances? |
Indian Councils Act of 1861 |
| 19 |
Which Act of British India strengthened the Viceroy’s authority over his executive council by substituting “portfolio” or departmental system for corporate functioning? |
Indian Councils Act, 1861 |
| 20 |
Which Act empowered the Indian legislative assembly to make discussions on a budget? |
Indian Councils Act, 1892 |
| 21 |
By which Act the British for the first time introduced the system of indirect elections in India? |
1892 |
| 22 |
To control the media in India, ‘Acts’ were passed in – |
1835, 1867, 1878, 1908 |
| 23 |
When were High Courts established in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta? |
1861 |
| 24 |
The most short-lived of all of Britain’s constitutional experiments in India was – |
Indian Council Act of 1909 |
| 25 |
Which Act introduced a separate electorate system in India? |
The Indian Councils Act, 1909 |
| 26 |
The declaration of reforms on August 20, 1917, is known as – |
Montagu Declaration |
| 27 |
The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of which Act? |
The Government of India Act, 1919 |
| 28 |
The post of the Indian High Commission was created by which Act? |
The Government of India Act, 1919 |
| 29 |
In which Constitutional document Dyarchy System was introduced in Indian provinces? |
1919 |
| 30 |
The Montague-Chelmsford Proposals were related to – |
Constitutional reforms |
| 31 |
Which Act introduced the Provincial Autonomy in British India? |
Government of India Act 1935 |
| 32 |
By Act was the India Council abolished? |
The Government of India Act 1935 |
| 33 |
Which report was the baseline of the Government of India Act, of 1935? |
The Simon Commission |
| 34 |
Who said about the Act of 1935 ‘a car which has a brake but no engine’? |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 35 |
In which session did, the Indian National Congress reject the Government of India Act, of 1935? |
Lucknow Session, 1936 |
| 36 |
Who called the Government of India Act, of 1935 the “Charter of Slavery”? |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 37 |
The ‘Instrumentation of Instructions” contained in the Government of India Act, 1935 has been incorporated in the Constitution of India in the year 1950 as – |
Directive Principles of State Policy |
| 38 |
Who has said it: ‘I have not to beg pardon in connection with the allegation that in the draft of the Constitution, a major part of the Government of India Act, 1935, has again been reproduced’? |
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar |
| 39 |
Which Act is not a landmark in the development of the Constitution during British Rule? |
The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 |
