MCQ on Evolution of Indian Constitution Quiz 2

Question 1. Which of the following act empowered Indian legislative assembly to make discussions on a budget?

(A) Indian Administration Act, 1919

(B) Indian Council Act, 1909

(C) Indian Council Act, 1892

(D) Indian Council Act, 1861

Question 2. By which of the following Acts, the British for the first time introduced the system of indirect elections in India?

(A) 1892

(B) 1867

(C) 1861

(D) 1909

Question 3. To control the media in India, ‘Acts’ were passed in_______.

(A) 1867, 1908, 1910, 1919

(B) 1854, 1872, 1908, 1910

(C) 1854, 1864, 1872, 1910

(D) 1835, 1867, 1878, 1908

Question 4. When were High Courts established in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta?

(A) 1881

(B) 1871

(C) 1851

(D) 1861

Question 5. The most short-lived of all of Britain’s constitutional experiments in India was_______.

(A) Government of India Act of 1919

(B) Indian Council Act of 1909

(C) Indian Council Act of 1892

(D) The Indian Council Act of 1861

Question 6. The declaration of reforms on 20 August, 1917 is known as________.

(A) Chelmsford Declaration

(B) Minto Declaration

(C) Morely Declaration

(D) Montagu Declaration

Question 7. The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of__________.

(A) the Indian Independence Act, 1947

(B) the Government of India Act, 1935

(C) the Government of India Act, 1919

(D) the Indian Council Act, 1909

Question 8. In which Constitutional document Dyarchy System was introduced in Indian provinces?

(A) 1935

(B) 1919

(C) 1909

(D) 1892

Question 9. The Montagu-Chelmsford Proposals were related to__________.

(A) Constitutional reforms

(B) Reforms in police administration

(C) Educational reforms

(D) Social reforms

Question 10. The Government of India Act of 1919 is clearly defined_________.

(A) the separation of power between the Judiciary and the Legislature

(B) the powers of the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy

(C) the jurisdiction of the Central and Provincial Governments

(D) None of the above

Question 11. The principle of Dyarchy was introduced by the Act of_________.

(A) 1919

(B) 1909

(C) 1892

(D) 1861

Question 12.  Identify the incorrect statement about Government of India Act 1919________.

(A) Montague was the Secretary of State for India and Lord Chelmsford was the Viceroy of India

(B) The Government of India Act 1919 came into force in 1921.

(C) This Act separated the Central and Provincial subjects.

(D) This Act is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms Act.

Question 13.  Which of the following report was baseline of the Government of India Act, 1935?

(A) The Simon Commission

(B) The Rowlatt Commission

(C) The Cripps Mission

(D) The Cabinet Mission

Question 14.  Consider the following statements: Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were the

1. Abolition of diarchy in the Governor’s provinces.
   
2. The power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own.
   
3. Abolition of the principle of communal representation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 2

(D) Only 1

Question 15.  Government of India Act, 1935 abolished____________.

(A) Responsible Central

(B) Federal structure of India

(C) Provincial diarchy

(D) Provincial autonomy

Question 16.  Why Government of India Act, 1935 is important?

(A) End of the princely States by this

(B) Division of India is described in it

(C) By this India got freedom

(D) It is a main source of the Indian Constitution

Question 17.  Match List-I (Acts of colonial Government of India) with List-II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question 18.  Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question 19.  Consider the following statements. In Government of India Act, 1935 provided for

1. The provincial autonomy.
   
2. The establishment of Federal Court.
   
3. All India Federation at the Centre.

Which of the following statement given above are correct?

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 1 and 3

(C) 2 and 3

(D) 1 and 2

Question 20.  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”?

(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Jawaharlal Nehru

(C) Sardar Patel

(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Question 21.  The ‘Instrumentation of Instructions’ contained in the Government of India Act, 1935 have been incorporated in the Constitution of India in the year 1950 as________.

(A) Conduct of Business of the Government of India

(B) Extent of Executive Power of State

(C) Directive Principles of State Policy

(D) Fundamental Rights

Question 22. Who amongst the following had called the Government of India Act, 1935 as the ‘Charter of Slavery’?

(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(C) M.A. Jinnah

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 23.  In which session, Indian National Congress had rejected Government of India Act, 1935?

(A) Ramgarh Session, 1940

(B) Faizpur Session

(C) Lucknow Session, 1936

(D) None of the above

Question 24.  Who among the following said about the Act of 1935 ‘a car which has a brake but no engine’?

(A) S.C. Bose

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) C. Rajagopalachari

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 25. The real intention of the British to include the Princely States in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to__________.

(A) Finally effect the complete political and administrative take over of all the princely States by the British

(B) Finally effect the complete political and administrative take over of all the princely States by the British

(C)  Involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony

(D) Exercise more and direct political and administrative

Question 26.  Which one of the following is not a feature of the Government of India Act of 1935?

(A) An All India Federation

(B) A bicameral Legislature

(C) Provincial Autonomy

(D) Diarchy at the Centre as well as in the Provinces