2. The British introduced Provincial autonomy in
India through
a) The Morley-Minto Reforms Act of 1909
b) The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919
c) Indian Councils Act of 1892
d) The Government of India Act of 1935
Answer : D
6. British Government appointed an Indian
Statutory Commission to review the Government of India
Act 1919, this commission is also known as?
a) Simon Commission
b) Hunter Commission
c) Elbert Commission
d) Cripps Mission
Answer : A
8. Simon Commission was sent to India in 1928, at
that time who was the Prime Minister of Britain?
a) Stanley Baldwin
b) John Allsebrook Simon
c) Clement Richard Attlee
d)Winston Churchill
Answer : A
9. In Morley - Minto reforms, number of elected
members in the Imperial Legislative Council and the
Provincial Legislative Councils was:
a) increased
b) decreased
c) remained same
d) weren't mentioned at all
Answer : A
17. Who describe Government of India Act of 1935
as a new charter of bondage ?
a) BR Ambedkar
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer : D
18. Which of the following statement is not
correct about the provisions of the Government of India Act,1858 ?
a) The Queen's Principal Secretary of State
received the powers and duties of the Company's
Court of Directors.
b) A council of fifteen members was appointed to
assist the Secretary of State for India.
c) For all the communications between Britain and
India, the Secretary of State became the
real channel.
d) All the above statements are incorrect.
Answer : D
20. Which of the following is not the provision
of government of India act, 1935?
a) This act ended the system of diarchy
b) The structure for “Federation of India” was
established for both British India and some or all of the “princely states”.
c) Burma became the part of India.
d) The introduction of direct elections, thus
increasing the franchise from seven million to thirty-five million people.
Answer : C
25. Who formulate the Wavell Plan in 1945 ?
a) Lord Linlithgow
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Lord Wavell
d) Lord Irwin
Answer : C
26. The Plan Balkan was proposed by
a) Lord Linlithgow
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Lord Wavell
d) Lord Irwin
Answer : B
35. The Government of Indian Act 1935 came into
effect in
a) 1934
b) 1935
c) 1936
d) 1937
Answer : D
37. ‘Provision for federation of India’ was
proposed by
a) Govt. of India Act 1919
b) Govt. of India Act 1935
c) Wavell Plan
d) Mountbatten Plan
Answer : B
38. The establishment of a Public Service
Commission in India was proposed by
a) Govt. of India Act 1919
b) Govt. of India Act 1935
c) Morley-Minto Reforms
d) Mountbatten Plan
Answer : A