Q. 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) The Charter Act of 1833

Q. 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) The Charter Act of 1833

Q. 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) The Charter Act, 1853

Q. 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) Government of India Act, 1858

Q. 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) Government of India Act, 1858

Q. 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) Government of India Act, 1858

Q. 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) Indian Council Act, 1861

Q. 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) Indian Council Act, 1892

Q. 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

Q. 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) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909

Q. The Morley-Minto Reform was declared in the year

a) 1907

b) 1909

c) 1911

d) 1919

Answer: b) 1909

Q. 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) Indian Council Act, 1909

Q. 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) Act of 1909

Q. 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) Government of India Act, 1909

Q. The Act of 1909 was associated with

a) Introduction of separate electorate

b) Decentralisation

c) Dyarchy

d) Legislative Councils

Answer: a) Introduction of separate electorate

Q. 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) The Government of India Act, 1919

Q. 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) Mont-Ford Reforms

Q. 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) Government of India Act, 1935

Q. 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) Government of India Act, 1935

Q. 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) 1935

Q. 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) Governor-General

Q. 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) The Government of India Act,  1934

Q. 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) The Government of India Act, 1935

Q. 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) The Government of India Act, 1935

Q. 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) The Government of India Act, 1935

Q. The Indian Independence Act was passed in

a) July, 1947

b) June, 1946

c) August, 1947

d) August, 1946

Answer: a) July, 1947

Q. 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) Regulating Act, 1773

Q. 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) Regulating Act, 1773

Q. 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) the Regulating Act, 1773

Q. 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) Pitt’s India Act, 1784

Q. 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) Charter Act, 1793

Q. 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) Charter Act of 1813