EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 32

EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 32

311) The real intention of the British to include the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to
A) exercise more and direct political and administrative control over the princely states
B) involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony
C) finally effect the complete political and administrative take over of all the princely states by the British
D) use the princes to counter balance the anti imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders

Answer: use the princes to counter balance the anti imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders
   
312) Which of the following was/were the main feature(s) of the Government of India Act, 1919?
1. Introduction of separate electorates for Muslims.
2. Devolution of legislative authority by the centre to the provinces.
3. Expansion and reconstitution of Central and Provincial Legislatures.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) Only 2
B) 1 and 3
C) Only 3
D) 2 and 3

Answer: 2 and 3
   
313) The reforms of which one of the following Acts are popularly known as Morley Minto Reforms?
A) The Indian Council Act, 1892
B) The Indian Council Act, 1909
C) The Government of India Act, 1919
D) The Government of India Act, 1935

Answer: The Indian Council Act, 1909
   
314) What was the effect of the Government of India Act of 1935 on the National Movement?
A) It strengthened the movement
B) It weakened the movement by satisfying the people
C) It weakened the movement, because separate electorate for the Muslims and Hindus created dissensions
D) It weakened the movement, because the Act introduced federal system

Answer: It weakened the movement, because the Act introduced federal system
   
315) Which one of the following Governor General was impeached by the British Parliament?
A) Lord Curzon
B) Warren Hastings
C) Lord Canning
D) William Bentinck

Answer: Warren Hastings

316) The Rowlatt Act was passed to
A) bring about agrarian reforms
B) curtail the nationalist and revolutionary activities
C) have a favourable balance of trade
D) put Second World War criminals on trial

Answer: curtail the nationalist and revolutionary activities
   
317) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I       List II
A. Governor General of Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (Under Regulating Act. 1773)      1. Archibald Percival Wavell, Viscount and Earl Wavell
B. Governor General of India(Under Charter Act, 1833)       2. James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, Earl and Marquess of Dalhousie
C. Governor General and Viceroy of India (Under Indian Councils Act, 1858)      3. Charles Cornwallis 2nd Earl and First Marquess of Cornwallis
D. Governor General and Crown Representative(Under Government of India Act, 1935)      4. Gibert John Elliot-Murray Kynynmond Earl of Minto
      5. Louis Mountbtten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Below the options are given in the A B C D order
A) 3 2 4 1
B) 3 4 1 5
C) 2 3 4 5
D) 4 2 3 1

Answer: 3 2 4 1
   
318) Consider the following statements
1. Atkinson Commission recommendations asked for Civil Services Exam to be held in Britain only.
2. The Public Service Commission was established at the Centre in 1926.
3. The first Indian to enter civil Services was SN Tagore in 1863 64.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) 1 and 3
C) 1 and 2
D) All of the above

Answer: All of the above
   
319) Which of the following did not form part of the so called 'Home Charges' in British India?
A) Interest on public debt
B) Charges for civil administration
C) Guaranteed interest on railways
D) Payment of dividends to the shareholders

Answer: Charges for civil administration
   
320) Lord Dalhousie planned for the construction of a network of railways in India in order to
A) easily procure and export raw material for the interest of India for export
B) Provide a profitable channel of investment for British capital
C) Both 'a' and 'b'
D) Provide cheap and easy means of transport in India

Answer: Both 'a' and 'b'