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1. 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.Indian Council Act , 1892
SOLUTION :Under Indian Council Act of 1892 the powers of the legislative councils was increased. The members could now discuss the budget without right to vote on it.
2. By which one of the following Acts was the Federal Court in India created ?
A. Indian Council Act , 1861
B. Government of India Act, 1909
C. Government of India Act, 1919
D. None of the above
ANSWER: D.None of the above
SOLUTION:The Federal Court of India was a judicial body, established in India in 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act 1935, with original, appellate and advisory jurisdiction.
3. In which of the following Acts, the provisions was made for the establishment of Supreme court at Calcutta ?
A. Regulating Act, 1773
B. Pitt’s India Act, 1784
C. Charter Act . 1813
D. Charter Act, 1833
ANSWER : A.Regulating Act, 1773
SOLUTION:The Supreme Court at Calcutta was established by Regulating act of 1773.
4. Which Act of British Parliment abolished the East India Company monopoly over trade in India?
A. Regulating Act
B. Pitt’s India Act
C. Charter Act of 1813
D. None of the above
ANSWER: C.Charter Act of 1813
SOLUTION:The Charter Act of 1813 passed by the British Parliament renewed the East India Company’s charter for another 20 years. This is also called the East India Company Act, 1813.
5. Which of the following Acts set up Dyarchy System at the central level?
A. Government of India Act, 1935
B. Government of India Act, 1919
C. Indian Councils Act, 1909
D. Indian Councils Act, 1892
ANSWER: A.Government of India Act, 1935
SOLUTION:The Government of India Act of 1935 is also called the blueprint of the Indian constitution. The act abolished dyarchy in the provinces and introduced provincial autonomy in its place. The act introduced dyarchy at the centre. The act laid the foundation of democracy in India.
6. The Indian Legislature was made bicameral for the first time by ______.
A. Indian Council Act of 1892
B. Indian Council Act of 1909
C. The Government of India Act of 1919
D. The Government of India Act of 1935
ANSWER: C.The Government of India Act of 1919
SOLUTION: The government of India act, 1919 introduced, for the first time, bicameralism and direct elections in the country. Thus, the Indian Legislative Council was replaced by a bicameral legislature consisting of an Upper House (Council of State) and a Lower House (Legislative Assembly).
7. The act of 1909 was associated with ______.
A. Introduction of separate electorate
B. Decentralization
C. Dyarchy
D. Legislative Councils
ANSWER: A.Introduction of separate electorate
SOLUTION: TThe Indian Councils Act of 1909, also known as the Morley-Minto or Minto-Morley Reforms, was a series of reform measures passed by the British Parliament that increased Indian involvement in the governance of British India.
8. In the Federation established under the Act of 1935, residuary powers were given to the __________.
A. Federal Legislature
B. Provincial Legislature
C. Governor General
D. Provincial Governor
ANSWER:C.Governor General
SOLUTION: Under 1935 Act, the Governor General was vested with the residuary powers of the Federation.
9. The distribution of power between Center and states as in the Constitution of India is based on which of the following plans ?
A. Morely – Minto Reform, 1909
B. Montagu – Chelmsford Reform, 1919
C. Government of India Act, 1935
D. Indian Independence Act, 1947
ANSWER: C.Government of India Act, 1935
SOLUTION: The distribution of power between the center and states in India’s constitution is based on the scheme provided in the Government of India Act of 1935. The constitution’s Seventh Schedule outlines the division of powers, using three lists.
10. Why is the Government of India Act, 1935 important ?
A. It is the main source of the Constitution of India
B. It gave Independence to India
C. It envisages partition of India
D. It abolished the Native States
ANSWER:A.It is the main source of the Constitution of India
SOLUTION:Government of India Act 1935 was passed by British Parliament in August 1935. This act ended the system of dyarchy introduced by GOI Act 1919 and provided for establishment of a Federation of India to be made up of provinces of British India and some or all of the Princely states.