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14 questions
  1. Which statement about Pitt’s India Act, 1784 is correct?
    1. It set up the Supreme Court at Calcutta
    2. It made the Governor of Bengal the Governor-General of India
    3. It placed a Board of Control over the Company’s Court of Directors
    4. It ended the Company’s trade monopoly
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    Answer: (C) It placed a Board of Control over the Company’s Court of Directors

    The Supreme Court came under the 1773 Act; “Governor-General of India” came in 1833; the monopoly ended in 1813.

  2. The Constitution’s Centre–State division of powers follows the scheme of (IAS 2012)
    1. Morley–Minto Reforms, 1909
    2. Montagu–Chelmsford Act, 1919
    3. Government of India Act, 1935
    4. Indian Independence Act, 1947
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    Answer: (C) Government of India Act, 1935

    The 1935 Act’s three lists became the Seventh Schedule.

  3. Which pairs are correctly matched? 1. Fundamental Rights – USA 2. Amendment procedure – Canada 3. Directive Principles – Ireland
    1. 1 only
    2. 1 and 3
    3. 2 and 3
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (B) 1 and 3

    The amendment procedure was taken from South Africa.

  4. Principal features of the Government of India Act, 1919 (IAS 2012): 1. Dyarchy in the provincial executive 2. Separate communal electorate for Muslims 3. Devolution of legislative authority from the centre to the provinces
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 and 3
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (C) 1 and 3

    The Muslim separate electorate came in 1909; 1919 only widened it to other groups.

  5. Which are correct? 1. Nehru moved the Objectives Resolution in 1946 2. Rajendra Prasad was President of the Constituent Assembly 3. Members signed the Constitution on 24 January 1950
    1. 2 and 3
    2. 1 only
    3. 1 and 3
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3

    All three are true — the resolution was moved on 13 December 1946.

  6. The members of the Constituent Assembly from the provinces were (IAS 2013)
    1. directly elected by the people
    2. nominated by the Congress and the Muslim League
    3. elected by the provincial legislative assemblies
    4. picked by officials as constitutional experts
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    Answer: (C) elected by the provincial legislative assemblies

    The election was indirect, as the Cabinet Mission Plan laid down.

  7. Which were provisions of the Act of 1858? 1. India’s administration passed to the Crown 2. The Governor-General was also to be the Viceroy, and a new office of Secretary of State for India came up 3. Power was to be shared between the Company and the Crown
    1. 1 only
    2. 1 and 2
    3. 2 and 3
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (B) 1 and 2

    The Company’s rule ended completely — nothing was shared.

  8. Which of these were in the 1935 Act? 1. Provincial autonomy 2. A Federal Court 3. An All-India Federation
    1. 1 and 2 only
    2. 2 and 3 only
    3. 1 and 3 only
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3

    All three were in the Act, though the federation never came into being.

  9. The Constituent Assembly was formed under
    1. a Congress resolution
    2. the Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946
    3. the Indian Independence Act, 1947
    4. resolutions of the provincial legislatures
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    Answer: (B) the Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946

    Its basis was the Cabinet Mission Plan (November 1946).

  10. Which pairs are WRONGLY matched? 1. GoI Act 1919 – Dyarchy 2. GoI Act 1935 – Provincial autonomy 3. Minto–Morley – Separate electorate 4. Mountbatten Plan – Constituent Assembly 5. Cabinet Mission 1946 – Partition
    1. 4 and 5
    2. 1 and 4
    3. 1 and 5
    4. 2 and 3
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    Answer: (A) 4 and 5

    The Cabinet Mission set up the Assembly; the Mountbatten Plan brought partition — pairs 4 and 5 are swapped.

  1. What did the 1919 Act clearly lay down? (IAS 2015)
    1. the separation of powers between judiciary and legislature
    2. the jurisdiction of the central and provincial governments
    3. the powers of the Secretary of State and the Viceroy
    4. none of these
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    Answer: (B) the jurisdiction of the central and provincial governments

    Separate central and provincial lists of subjects were drawn up.

  2. In the federation of the 1935 Act, residuary powers were given to the (IAS 2018)
    1. Federal Legislature
    2. Governor-General
    3. Provincial Legislatures
    4. Provincial Governors
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    Answer: (B) Governor-General

    Unlike the Nehru Report, which wanted them with the central legislature.

  3. The central legislature first became bicameral under
    1. Indian Councils Act, 1892
    2. Morley–Minto Reforms, 1909
    3. Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
    4. Government of India Act, 1935
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    Answer: (C) Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms, 1919

    Legislative Assembly (145) and Council of State (60).

  4. Who was the first Indian member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council?
    1. Satyendra Prasad Sinha
    2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    3. Motilal Nehru
    4. C. Rajagopalachari
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    Answer: (A) Satyendra Prasad Sinha

    He was named Law Member in the Morley–Minto period.

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