Question 1 : By which of the following Act, the first step taken by the British Government to control and regulate the affairs of East India Company in India
a) Regulating Act, 1773
b) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
c) Charter Act, 1813
d) Charter Act, 1793
Answer : a
Question 2 : In which of the following Acts, the provision was made for establishment of Supreme Court at Calcutta?
a) Regulating Act, 1773
b) Charter Act, 1813
c) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
d) Charter Act, 1833
Answer : a
Question 3 : The first definite step to provide parliamentary control over East India Company was taken by
a) the Regulating Act, 1773
b) the Pitt’s India Act, 1784
c) the Charter Act, 1793
d) the Charter Act, 1813
Answer : a
Question 4 : Consider the following statements
The Regulating Act of 1773 was passed by British Parliament in order to
I. establish Parliamentary control over the administration of the East India Company’s territory in India
II. make the Governor of Bengal as the Governor-General of Bengal
III. end of dual system of administration in India
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
a) I, II and III
b) I and II
c) II and III
d) I and III
Answer : a
Question 5 : Which Act passed by the British Parliament to address the shortcomings of the Regulating Act of 1773, is also known as East India Company Act, 1784?
a) Regulating Act, 1773
b) India Council Act, 1861
c) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
d) Government of India Act, 1858
Answer : c
Question 6 : The Act during the regime of East-India Company responsible for paying the way for shipment of opium to China is
a) The Settlement Act, 1781
b) Charter Act, 1793
c) Charter Act, 1784
d) None of the above
Answer : b
Question 7 : Which Act of British Parliament abolished the East India Company monopoly over trade in India?
a) Regulating Act, 1773
b) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
c) Charter Act of 1813
d) None of the above
Answer : c
Question 8 : Consider the following statements about the Charter Act of 1813
I. It ended the trade monopoly of the East India Company in India expect for trade in tea and trade with China
II. It asserted the sovereignty of the British crown over the Indian territories held by the Company
III. The revenues of India were now controlled by the British Parliament.
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
a) I and II
b) II and III
c) I and III
d) I, II and III
Answer : a
Question 9 : Through which one of the following were commercial activities of the East India Company finally put to an end?
a) The Charter Act of 1793
b) The Charter Act of 1813
c) The Charter Act of 1833
d) The Charter Act of 1853
Answer : c
Question 10 : Which Act for the first time made it possible for Indians to take some share in the administration of their country?
a) The Charter Act of 1833
b) The Charter Act of 1853
c) Government of India Act, 1858
d) Indian Council Act, 1861
Answer : a
Question 11 : Which of the following Act of British had separated Legislative from Executive?
a) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
b) The Regulating Act, 1773
c) The Settlement Act, 1781
d) The Charter Act, 1853
Answer : d
Question 12 : In which of the following Act the territorial division of governance in India was done?
a) Government of India Act, 1858
b) Indian Council Act, 1861
c) Indian Council Act, 1892
d) Government of India Act, 1861
Answer : a
Question 13 : The Act that transferred the power from the British East India Company to the British Crown in India was
a) Government of India Act, 1833
b) Government of India Act, 1947
c) Government of India Act, 1858
d) Government of India Act, 1835
Answer : c
Question 14 : Which of the following vested the Secretary of State for India with supreme control over the Government of India?
a) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
b) Government of India Act, 1858
c) Indian Council Act, 1861
d) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
Answer : b
Question 15 : Which of the following are among the provisions of the Act of 1858?
I. The administration of India and the Indian Territories was transferred to the Crown
II. The rule of East India Company was abolished
III. The Governor-General of India was to be known as the Viceroy of India and a Secretary of State for India was also appointed
IV. The administrative power of India was to be shared between the East India Company and the Crown of England
a) I, III and IV
b) I, II and III
c) II, III and IV
d) All of those
Answer : b
Question 16 : Assertion (A) : The Government of India Act, of 1858 transferred the Governance of India from the East India Company to the Crown
Reason (R) : The East India Company was unwilling to administer India any more
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, but R is false
d) A is false, but R is true
Answer : c
Question 17 : The first attempt to introduce a representative and popular element in the Governance of India was made through
a) Indian Council Act, 1861
b) Indian Council Act, 1892
c) Indian Council Act, 1909
d) Government of India Act, 1919
Answer : a
Question 18 : Consider the following statements regarding Indian Council Act, 1861
I. Portfolio system was introduced
II. Governor-General allowed to promulgate ordinance
III. Formation of Legislative Councils in Punjab, North-West Frontier Province in Agra
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
a) I and II
b) II and III
c) I, II and III
d) I and III
Answer : c
Question 19 : Which among the following Act was passed by British Parliament to increase in the size of the Legislative Councils?
a) Regulating Act, 1773
b) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
c) Indian Council Act, 1892
d) Indian Council Act, 1919
Answer : c
Question 20 : By which of the following Act, Legislative Council of India received the power to discuss the budget?
a) Indian Council Act, 1861
b) Indian Council Act, 1892
c) Indian Council Act, 1909
d) Indian Council Act, 1919
Answer : b
Question 21 : Which of the following Acts provided for communal representation in British India?
a) Indian Councils Act, 1892
b) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
c) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer : b
Question 22 : The Morley-Minto Reform was declared in the year
a) 1907
b) 1909
c) 1911
d) 1919
Answer : b
Question 23 : Which of the following Act introduced communal elections in India?
a) Indian Council Act, 1861
b) Indian Council Act, 1892
c) Indian Council Act, 1909
d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer : c
Question 24 : Which of the following Act introduced separate electorate for Muslims?
a) Act of 1892
b) Act of 1909
c) Reforms of 1919
d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer : b
Question 25 : Which Government of India Act allowed some elected representation in the Legislature for the first time
a) Government of India Act, 1858
b) Government of India Act, 1909
c) Government of India Act, 1919
d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer : b
Question 26 : The Act of 1909 was associated with
a) Introduction of separate electorate
b) Decentralisation
c) Dyarchy
d) Legislative Councils
Answer : a
Question 27 : Consider the following statements with reference to the provisions of Morley-Minto Reforms Act in the Colonial India.
I. The Morley-Minto Reform Act raised the number of additional members of the Central Legislature
II. It introduced the principle of communal representation in the Legislature
III. It empowered the Legislature to discuss the budget and to move resolutions on it
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
a) I and II
b) II and III
c) I, II and III
d) I and III
Answer : c
Question 28 : The Indian Legislature was made bi-cameral for the first time by
a) Indian Council Act, 1892
b) Indian Council Act, 1909
c) The Government of India Act, 1919
d) The Government of India Act, 1935
Answer : c
Question 29 : Dyarchy was first introduced under
a) Morley-Minto Reforms
b) Mont-Ford Reforms
c) Simon Commission Plan
d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer : b
Question 30 : In the context of, Indian history, the principle of ‘Dyarchy’ refers to
a) division of the Central Legislature into two houses
b) introduction of double government, Central and State Government
c) having two sets of rulers, one in London and another in Delhi
d) division of the subjects delegated to the provinces into two categories
Answer : d
Question 31 : Which of the following was/were the main feature(s) of the Government of India Act, 1919?
I. Introduction of separate electorates for Muslims
II. Devolution of Legislative authority by the centre
III. Expansion and reconstitution of Central and Provincial Legislatures
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
a) Only II
b) I and III
c) Only III
d) II and III
Answer : d
Question 32 : The objective of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 was
I. to give power to the local government
II. to establish Dyarchy in the provinces
III. the extension of Provincial government
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
a) I and II
b) I and III
c) II and III
d) I, II and III
Answer : c
Question 33 : Which of the following was/were the main feature(s) of the Government of India Act, 1919?
I. The Act provided for the establishment, for the first time, in India of a Public Service Commission
II. The Act provided for the appointment of an Indian to the viceroy’s executive council, as well as the provincial executive councils
III. A provision was made for classification of Central and Provincial subjects
a) I and II
b) II and III
c) I and III
d) I, II and III
Answer : c
Question 34 : Which of the following is/are the principal feature(s) of the Government of India Act, 1919?
I. Introduction of Dyarchy in the executive government of the provinces
II. Introduction of separate communal electorates for Muslims
III. Devolution of Legislative authority by the Centre to the provinces
a) Only I
b) II and III
c) I and III
d) I, II and III
Answer : a
Question 35 : Assertion (A) : The Government of India Act, 1919 was passed by the British Parliament to introduce Dyarchy in the Provincial government
Reason (R) : The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms Committee has recommended the introduction of Dyarchy in the Provincial government
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, but R is false
d) A is false, but R is true
Answer : a
Question 36 : Which of the following Act was described by Jawaharlal Nehru as ‘Charter of Slavery’?
a) Regulating Act, 1773
b) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
c) Government of India Act, 1919
d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer : d
Question 37 : The distribution of powers between the Centre and States in the Indian Constitution is based on the scheme provided in the
a) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
b) Montague-Chelmsford Act, 1935
c) Government of India Act, 1935
d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer : c
Question 38 : By which of the following Act the system of Dyarchy was introduced at the centre?
a) 1909
b) 1919
c) 1935
d) 1947
Answer : c
Question 39 : In the Federation established by the Government of India Act of 1935, residuary powers were given to the
a) Federal Legislature
b) Governor-General
c) Provincial Legislature
d) Provincial Governors
Answer : b
Question 40 : Which of the following Act introduced the Principle of Constitutional Autocracy?
a) The Indian Council Act of 1909
b) The Government of India Act, 1919
c) The Government of India Act, 1934
d) The Government of India Act, 1947
Answer : c
Question 41 : Which of the following Act provided for the establishment of Reserve Bank of India?
a) The Government of India Act, 1919
b) The Government of India Act, 1935
c) Indian Independence Act, 1947
d) RBI Act, 1935
Answer : b
Question 42 : Which one of the following Act reserved seats for women in Legislatures in accordance with the allocation of seats for different communities?
a) The Government of India Act, 1858
b) The Indian Councils Act, 1909
c) The Government of India Act, 1919
d) The Government of India Act, 1935
Answer : d
Question 43 : Which one among the following statements regarding the Government of India Act, 1935 is not correct?
a) Provincial autonomy came into existence
b) Bicameral Legislatures were provided in six provinces
c) The principles of communal electorates and weightages were further extended
d) The states were compelled to enter the federation
Answer : c
Question 44 : The creation of a Federal Court in India was advocated by which of the following Acts/Commissions?
a) The Government of India Act, 1919
b) The Lee Commission, 1923
c) The Government of India Act, 1935
d) The Indian Councils Act, 1909
Answer : c
Question 45 : Which one among the following was not a feature of the provincial executive according to the Government of India Act, 1935?
a) The executive authority of the province was vested in the Governor
b) There was a Council of Ministers to advise the Governor
c) Dyarchy established by the Government of India Act, 1919 was abolished at the provincial level
d) The Governor could be removed by a vote of no-confidence of the Provincial Legislature
Answer : d
Question 46 : One amongst the following was not a salient feature of the The Government of India Act, 1935
a) The Act provided for an All-India Federation
b) Residuary subjects were allocated to Provincial Legislature
c) It marked the beginning of the Provincial Autonomy
d) It abolished Dyarchy at the provincial level and introduced it at the centre
Answer : b
Question 47 : Consider the following with reference to the provisions of ‘The Government of India Act, 1935’
I. Establishment of an All-India Federation
II. Provincial autonomy, with a Government responsible to an elected legislature
III. Redistribution of provinces and the creation of two new provinces
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
a) I, II and III
b) I and II
c) II and III
d) I and III
Answer : a
Question 48 : Assertion (A) : The Government of India Act, 1935 and the Constitution of India are both lengthy documents.
Reason (R) : The Government of India Act, 1935 was taken as a model and substantially incorporated in the Constitution of India
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, but R is false
d) A is false, but R is true
Answer : a
Question 49 : The Indian Independence Act was passed in
a) July, 1947
b) June, 1946
c) August, 1947
d) August, 1946
Answer : a
Question 50 : Consider the following Acts
I. The Regulating Act
II. Pitt’s India Act
III. The Charter Act
IV. Indian Council Act
What is the correct chronological sequence of these Acts?
a) I, II, III, IV
b) II, I, III, IV
c) IV, III, II, I
d) III, IV, II, I
Answer : a
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