INDIAN CONSTITUTION MCQS SET 46

INDIAN CONSTITUTION MCQS SET 46

451) Which of the following was not one of the features of Government of India Act, 1935?
A) Provincial autonomy
B) Dyarchy of centre
C) Dominion Status
D) All India federation
Answer:  Dominion Status
   
452) Which one of the following aimed at providing a federal structure for India?
A) Charter Act, 1831
B) Indian Council Act, 1909
C) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms Act, 1919
D) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer:  Government of India Act, 1935
   
453) Match the following:
Pre-Independence Act       Provisions
A, Government of India Act, 1858       1. Absolute imperial control
B. Indian Council Act, 1861       2. Non-official members in Governor General's executive council
C. Indian Council Act, 1909       3. Dyarchy in the Provinces
D. Government of India Act, 1919      4. Separate representation of Muslim Community
Below codes are given in A B C D order
A) 2 3 1 4
B) 4 1 2 3
C) 3 4 1 2
D) 1 2 4 3
Answer:  1 2 4 3
   
454) Which of the following sought to change the character of Indian Government from unitary
to federal?
A) Government of India Act, 1919
B) Government of India Act, 1935
C) Indian Council Act, 1909
D) Indian Independence Act. 1947
Answer:  Government of India Act, 1935
   
455) The Simon Commission was set up in 1927 to look into and report on the working of:
A) Indian Council Act 1892
B) Government of India Act, 1909
C) Government of India Act, 1919
D) None of the above
Answer:  Government of India Act, 1919

456) One of the following statements was not among the Simon Commission's recommendations:
A) dyarchy to be abolished in the provinces
B) reconstitution of the Central Legislature
C) establishment of the Provincial Public Service Commission for all provinces
D) Indian Council is not needed to advise the Secretary of State for India
Answer:  establishment of the Provincial Public Service Commission for all provinces
   
457) The main recommendations of the Cabinet Commission included:
A) formation of Federal Union consisting of British Indian Provinces and Indian States
B) a Constituent Assembly to frame a Constitution for India
C) an interim government consisting of representatives of various political parties
D) All of the above
Answer:  All of the above
   
458) The plan of Stafford Cripps envisaged that after the second world war:
A) India should be granted complete independence
B) India should be given dominion status
C) India should be partitioned into two before granting independence
D) India should be made a republic with the condition that she will join the Commonwealth
Answer:  India should be given dominion status
   
459) Which of the following are the principal features of Government of India Act, 1919?
1. Introduction of dyarchy in the executive government of the provinces.
2. Introduction of separate communal electorate for Muslims.
3. Devolution of legislative authority by the Centre to the Provinces.
4. Expansion and reconstitution of Central and Provincial Legislatures.
A) 1,2 and 3
B) 1,2 and 4
C) 2, 3and 4
D) 1, 3and 4
Answer:  1, 3and 4
   
460) Which one of the following Acts formally introduced the principles of elections for the first
time?
A) Indian Councils Act, 1909
B) Government of India Act, 1919
C) Government of India Act, 1935
D) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer:  Indian Councils Act, 1909