Historical Background quiz from laxmicant polity

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Which Act is considered the first step toward centralization in British India?

Deselect Answer

A. Regulating Act, 1773

B. Pitt’s India Act, 1784

C. Charter Act, 1833

D. Indian Councils Act, 1861

None

Which Act is regarded as the last step toward centralization in India under British rule?

Deselect Answer

A. Government of India Act, 1858

B. Indian Councils Act, 1909

C. Government of India Act, 1935

D. Charter Act, 1833

None

Which Act is considered the first step toward decentralization in British India?

Deselect Answer

A. Government of India Act, 1858

B. Indian Councils Act, 1861

C. Indian Councils Act, 1892

D. Government of India Act, 1919

None

Which Act is known as the Act for the Good Governance of India?

Deselect Answer

A. Government of India Act, 1935

B. Indian Councils Act, 1909

C. Government of India Act, 1858

D. Indian Independence Act, 1947

None

Which Act provided for limited and indirect elections for the first time in India?

Deselect Answer

A. Indian Councils Act, 1861

B. Indian Councils Act, 1892

C. Indian Councils Act, 1909

D. Government of India Act, 1919

None

The office of the Governor-General of India was created under:

Deselect Answer

A. Pitt’s India Act, 1784

B. Regulating Act, 1773

C. Charter Act, 1833

D. Charter Act, 1853

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Which Act ended the rule of the East India Company in India?

Deselect Answer

A. Government of India Act, 1919

B. Charter Act, 1853

C. Government of India Act, 1858

D. Indian Councils Act, 1861

None

The Indian Council Act of 1909 is also known as:

Deselect Answer

A. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms

B. Minto-Morley Reforms

C. Pitt’s India Act

D. Charter Act of 1813

None

Which of the following Acts introduced ‘Provincial Autonomy’?

Deselect Answer

A. Government of India Act, 1935

B. Government of India Act, 1919

C. Indian Councils Act, 1909

D. Charter Act, 1853

None

10.

Which of the following was the first attempt to regulate East India Company’s affairs?

Deselect Answer

A. Pitt’s India Act, 1784

B. Charter Act, 1793

C. Regulating Act, 1773

D. Indian Councils Act, 1861

None

11.

The dyarchy was introduced by which Act?

Deselect Answer

A. Government of India Act, 1858

B. Government of India Act, 1919

C. Indian Councils Act, 1909

D. Government of India Act, 1935

None

12.

Which Act created a federal structure for the first time in India?

Deselect Answer

A. Government of India Act, 1858

B. Government of India Act, 1919

C. Government of India Act, 1935

D. Indian Independence Act, 1947

None

13.

Who was the first Governor-General of India?

Deselect Answer

A. Lord Wellesley

B. Lord Canning

C. Lord Hastings

D. Lord William Bentinck

None

14.

Which Act made Indian Legislative Council a bicameral body?

Deselect Answer

A. Indian Councils Act, 1909

B. Government of India Act, 1919

C. Government of India Act, 1935

D. Indian Independence Act, 1947

None

15.

Which Act separated the legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General’s Council?

Deselect Answer

A. Regulating Act, 1773

B. Pitt’s India Act, 1784

C. Charter Act, 1853

D. Charter Act, 1813

None

16.

Which Act allowed the company to retain Indian territory but ended its monopoly over trade in India?

Deselect Answer

A. Charter Act, 1833

B. Pitt’s India Act, 1784

C. Charter Act, 1813

D. Government of India Act, 1858

None

17.

Under which Act was the Board of Control established?

Deselect Answer

A. Regulating Act, 1773

B. Pitt’s India Act, 1784

C. Charter Act, 1813

D. Government of India Act, 1858

None

18.

Who was the Viceroy of India when the Government of India Act, 1935 was passed?

Deselect Answer

A. Lord Linlithgow

B. Lord Irwin

C. Lord Wavell

D. Lord Willingdon

None

19.

Which Act introduced the concept of the annual budget for the first time in British India?

Deselect Answer

A. Indian Councils Act, 1892

B. Indian Councils Act, 1909

C. Indian Councils Act, 1861

D. Government of India Act, 1858

None

20.

Which British Act or proposal first introduced the idea of separate electorates for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and women in India?

Deselect Answer

A. Government of India Act, 1919

B. Indian Councils Act, 1909

C. Government of India Act, 1935

D. Indian Councils Act, 1861

None

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