EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 23

EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 23

221) Consider the following statements about Warren Hastings?
1. He was the last Governor of Bengal.
2. He wrote introduction to the hrst English translation of 'Gita' by Charles Wilkins.
3. He started Diwani and Faujdari Adalats at the district level and Sadar Diwani and Nizamat Adalats (appellate courts) at Calcutta.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3
D) All of these

Answer: 2 and 3
   
222) Who among the following finally removed the Maratha Peshwa from his position, captured his territories and sent him off to a distant place?
A) Wellesley
B) Cornwallis
C) Dalhousie
D) Hastings

Answer: Hastings
   
223) Who succeeded Robert Clive to lead the East India Company?
A) Lord Bentinck
B) Lord Cornwallis
C) Lord Hastings
D) Lord Wellesley

Answer: Lord Hastings
   
224) Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A) Warren : The Battle of Hastings Plassey
B) Lord Cornwallis : The Permanent Settlement of Bengal
C) Lord Wellesley : The Prohibition of Sati
D) Lord Dalhousie : Local Self Government

Answer: Lord Cornwallis : The Permanent Settlement of Bengal
   
225) Which of the following is/are the principal feature(s) of the Government of India Act, 1919?
1. Introduction of dyarchy in the executive government of the provinces.
2. Introduction of separate communal electorates for Muslims.
3. Devolution of Legislative Authority by the centre to the provinces.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) Only 1
B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3
D) All of these

Answer: 1 and 3

226) The Rowlatt Act aimed at
A) compulsory economic support to war efforts.
B) imprisonment without trial and summary procedures for trial.
C) suppression of the Khilalat Movement.
D) imposition of restrictions on freedom of the press.

Answer: imprisonment without trial and summary procedures for trial.
   
227) The distribution of powers between the centre and the states in the Indian Constitution is based on the scheme provided in the
A) Morley Minto Reforms, 1909
B) Montague Chelmsford Act 1919
C) Government of India Act, 1935
D) lndian Independence Act, 1947

Answer: Government of India Act, 1935
   
228) The declaration of reforms on August 20,1917 is known as
A) Montague statement
B) Morley declaration
C) Minto declaration
D) Chelmsford declaration

Answer: Montague statement
   
229) Which one among the following statements regarding the Government of lndia Act, 1935 is not correct?
A) Provincial Autonomy came into existence
B) Bicameral Legislatures were provided in six provinces
C) The principles of communal electorates and weightages were further extended
D) The states were compelled to enter the federation

Answer: The states were compelled to enter the federation
   
230) Consider the following statements about the Provincial Legislature Elections granted in the Government of lndia Act, 1935
1. The Congress was sharply divided about accepting offices in the case of winning elections to provincial legislatures.
2. There was, however, full agreement that the elections should be fought on the basis of a detailed political and economic programme.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither1 nor 2

Answer: Both 1 and 2