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1. The First Regulating Act was passed in the year:
1713
1733
1753
1773
2. First Regulating Act was passed because:
East India Company was to be given more freedom
British Parliament wanted to have some hand in the affairs of the Company
On the advice of the Prime Minister
None
3. One of the important provisions of the Regulating Act was that:
It created a Supreme Court in India
It raised the status of Commander-in-Chief of armed forces in India
It permitted company s servants to have private trade
It reduced the status of the Governor of Bengal
4. One of the serious defects of Regulating Act 1773 was that it did not define the relationship of Supreme Court with:
Board of Directors in England
Board of Control in England
British Parliament D.
Governor-General in India
5. Regulating Act 1773 will be remembered in Indian history because:
It started Parliamentary form of government
It made a beginning of written constitution in India
It provided for a legislative assembly
It gave Indians a sharr in the running of their administration.
6. The Amending Act of 1781 primarily dealt with the:
British Parliament
Provincial Governors
Supreme Court in India
House of Commons in India
7. By the Provisions of Pitt s India Act 1784 the strength of the members of Governor-General s Council was:
Increased
Decreased
Kept as it was
Left to him to decide subsequently.
8. The Pitt s India Act wass an improvement upon the Regulating Act because it helped at the settlement of disputes between:
The members of the Council themselves
Mombers of the Council and Governor-General
Members of the Council and Judges of Supreme Court
Governor-General and Chief Justice of Supreme Court
9. The Governor-General in India was given the powers to override the majority decision of his Council by:
Regulating Act 1773
Pitt s India Act 1784
Amending Act 1781
Act of 1786
10. The qualifications that the Members of Council of Governor-General should have resided for more than a decade in India before their appointments were prescribed by:
Pitt s India Act 1784
Charter Act 1793
Charter Act 1813
Charter Act 1833
11. Trade with India except in tea was thrown open to all British subjects by the Act of:
Pitt s India Act 1784
Amending Act 1781
Act of 1786
Charter Act 1793
12. The Charter Act 1813 will be remembered in India because it made a beginning by making specific budgetary provisions for:
Starting new railway lines
Starting new post offices
Education
Constructing new roads
13. Under the Charter Act of 1833 a provision was made for a Commission to:
Regulate centre-state financial relations
Suggest new tax structure
Organise armed forces
Codity laws
14. A law member was added to the Council of Governor-General by the Act of:
1813
1833
1853
1861
15. A specific provision was made for the recruitment of Indians on merits only in the Act of:
1813
1793
1833
1861
16. For one reason for which Charter Act of 1833 will be remembered is that:
It made a beginning of Indian legislature
It made a beginning of separate judiciary
It defined centre-provinces financial relations
It reduced the powers of control of British Parliament
17. Chatter Act 1853 is important because it:
Created Supreme Court
Increased the number of Directors of the Company
Created legislative Council in India
Renewed the Charter of the Company for another crucial 20 years
18. One of the important provisions of the Government of India Act 1858 was that:
It violated all the treaties concluded by East India Company
It transferred Indian administration from Company to Crown
It created Legislative Council for India
It permitted Indians to appear in administrative services examinations
19. Development of representative institutions began with the passing of Act of:
1813
1853
1853
1861
20. The name of Lord Morley is associated with the Act of:
1892
1909
1919
1935
21. System of communal representation in legislative bodies in India was introduced with the Government of India Act:
1862
1892
1909
1919
22. The Government of India Act 1919 will be remembered in. India because:
It introduced communal system of representation
It started dyarchy
It gave wide political powers to Indians
It established non-official majority in the centre
23. The office of High Commissioner for India was created by the Act of:
1858
1861
1892
1909
24. Bicameral system of legislature in India was introduced by the Act of:
1909
1919
1935
1947
25. The Act of 1919 failed in its actual working because:
British Parliament too much interfered
British press was opposed to the Act
Governor did not promote sense of joint responsibility
Indian Ministers were incompetent
26. The Act of 1935 is associated with:
Communal representation in India
Introduction of dyarchy in provinces
Responsible Government took charge in the centre
Provincial autonomy was started
27. August Offer of 1940 provided for:
Provincial autonomy
Appointment of India as Governor-General
A new constitution for India was given by British Parliament
Full freedom for Indians was assured
28. Cripps proposals made a provision for:
Immediate setting up of a constitution making body
A constitution making body after war
Did not discuss about constitution making body
Dominion status for India was promised
29. A provision was made for the first time that all members of Viceroy s Executive Council except two will be Indian in:
August Offer 1940
Cripps Proposals
Wavel Plan
Cabinet Mission Proposals
30. All members of the Constituent Assembly will be Indians was provided:
In August Offer (1940)
Cripps Proposals
Wavel Plan
Cabinet Mission
31. The Act of 1947 will be remembered because:
By it India was partitioned
Indian was appointed as Governor-General of India
Communal representation was brought to an end
India decided to leave Commonwealth
32. The system of double Government in Bengal was introduced in the year
1764
1765
1766
1767
33. The system of double Government in Bengal introduced in Bengal by:
Lord Landsdowne
Lord Cannings
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Lytton
34. Which was not the main provision of Regulating Act of 1773?
All proprietors were entitled to vote for the appointment of Director-General
Governor-General was to obey majority decision
Provision was made for a supreme court
Servants of the Company were forbidden to receive presents
35. Which of the following is not true about Regulating Act 1773?
The Governor-General was placed at the mercy of his council
The Governor-General was made completely autocrat
Governor-General was reduced to cipher
It was not specified what type of law the courts will administer
36. Which of the following is not true about Regulating: Act 1773?
No machinery was provided for scrutinising company correspondence with the Government
It was accepted that the company was a political organisation
It was step towards ending company s misrule
Government accepted the responsiblity towards India
37. Which was one of the main provisions of the Amending Act of 1781?
Public servants on duty were brought under Supreme Court jurisdiction
Public servants of the Company while on duty were exempted from Supreme Court jurisdictions
The court was to administer personal law of defendant
Court was to show respect for religious law
38. Under the Amending Act 1781 the Supreme Court was to administer the law of:
The Presiding Judge
The English Law
The law of the defendant
The law of the accused
39. Dunda introduced amending bill in the year:
1782
1783
1784
1785
40. Dunda s Bill was:
Passed with narrow majority
Passed with overwhelming majority
Not passed
Passed with the intervention of king
41. About commercial and non-commercial functions of the Company Fox East India Bill provided:
These should be merged
These should be completely separated
There should be status quo
Both should be controlled by the Board of Directors
42. The Pitt s India Act ws passed in the year:
1783
1784
1785
1786
43. In the initial stages Pitt s India Bill was:
Defeated and House dessolved
Carried with voice vote
Defeated but the House not dissolved
Passed after several amendments
44. Which of the following is not true about Board of Control set up under Pitt s India Act?
Secretary of State was its ex-officio member
It was vested with the power of making appointments
It was denied access to any of Company papers
Directors of the Company were bound to accept their orders
45. Which one of the following is not true about Board of Control set up under Pitt s India Act?
It could send secret letters to Court of Directors
It could not send secret letters to the Court of Directors
Chancellor of exchequer was its ex-officio member
Its maximum strength was fixed at six
46. Which one of the following is not a valid criticism against Pitt s India Act?
Board of Control s effective control was remote
It resulted in weak administration
Directors of Company remained still unpaid
It loaded Board of Control with heavy responsibilities
47. Under the Act of 1786 the Governor General:
Was not to consult his council
Was not empowered to veto its decisions
Was bound to consult council and accept its advice
Was expected to consult his council but not obliged to accept its advice
48. Which one of the following is not true of Charter Act of 1793?
Promotion of the civil servants was not to be based on seniority
Privileges of the company were extended
Members of Board of Control were made paid
Each presidency was to have a Governor
49. Under Charter Act 1793 privileges of East India Company were extended by:
10 years
15 years
20 years
30 years
50. Trade in India was thrown open to all the Act of:
1773
1781
1786
1793
51. British Missionaries were permitted to under the Act of:
1786
1793
1810
1833
52. For the first time a provision for the spread of education in India was made under:
Charter Act of 1793
Charter Act of 1813
Charter Act 1833
Charter Act of 1853
53. Which one of the following is not true about Charter Act of 1813?
It was to keep a fix sum apart for meeting eventualities
Board s power of superintendence remained underfined
It permitted coming of Christian missionaries to India
It abolished company s trade monopoly in India
54. Under Charter Act of 1833 the Charter of the Company was:
Renewed for 15 years
Renewed for 20 years
Not Renewed
None of the above
55. Company s trade monopoly with China was ended with the Act of:
1793
1813
1833
1858
56. Under the Act of 1833 powers of superintendence were vested in:
Board of Directors
Board of Council
Provincial Governors
Governor-General in India
57. A Law Member was added to the General under the Act of:
1781
1793
1813
1833
58. Under of the Act of 1833 was set up:
A law Commission
trade Commission
Police Commission
Board of National Trade
59. The number of Directors of the Company was reduced from 24 to 18 under the Charter Act of:
1793
1813
1833
1853
60. A provision was made for a separate Governor of Bengal under the Charter Act of:
1793
1813
1833
1853
61. Which one of the following is not true about the Charter Act of 1853?
It renewed the Charter of the Company for 20 years
Directors were empowered to create a new province
Law member was made a regular member
Executive and legislative functions of Governor-General s Councils were separated
62. Which one of the following is not true about the Government of India Act 1861?
Board of Directors was abolished
Board of Control was abolished
A Council for secreatary of state was created
A separate province of U.P. Was created
63. Appointment of all covenanted services was to be made on the basis of open competition was provided under the Act of:
1813
1833
1853
1858
64. 1861:00:00
The Act of 1858 had been passed in haste
Centralised system of legislation was inadequate
Provincial Governments were not tolerating Bengal domination
Provinces wanted complete customary from Bengal Council
65. Which one of the following was not the provision of Act of 1861?
Number of ordinary executive councillor was raised to five
Secretary of State was empowered to appoint C-in-C as extraordinary member of his council
Assent of Governor-General was necessary for all bills
Governor-General could not revoke a measure passed by Governor s Council
66. Which one of the following is not one of the important effects of Act of 1861?
It made a beginning in the representative institution
It made beginning in legislative devolution
Government got opportunity to defend its policies
It made legislatures really a representative body
67. Which one of the following was not a cause for the enactment of Act of 1892?
Indian National Congress had been founded
Poverty of the people was on the increase
Enlightened educated class was demanding more rights
Government was favourably inclined to accept Congress demands
68. In 1890 a Bill to amend Act of 1861 in the House of Common was moved by:
Lord North Brooke
Lord Sinha
Charles Bradlaugh
None of these
69. Which one of the following was not the effect of Act of 1892?
Indians got an opportunity to enter Councils
That legislature should control executive
That the executive was supreme body over legislature
That members were allowed to put questions
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