Constitutional Developments

The Regulating Act of 1773 was passed by:
a) Indian Legislature
b) British Parliament
c) East India Company
d) Governor-General
✅ b) British Parliament

The Regulating Act of 1773 introduced the office of:
a) Viceroy
b) Governor-General of Bengal
c) Governor-General of India
d) President of India
✅ b) Governor-General of Bengal

Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
a) William Bentinck
b) Warren Hastings
c) Cornwallis
d) Dalhousie
✅ b) Warren Hastings

Pitt’s India Act was passed in the year:
a) 1784
b) 1793
c) 1800
d) 1833
✅ a) 1784

Pitt’s India Act created:
a) Board of Revenue
b) Board of Control
c) Supreme Court
d) Governor-Generalship
✅ b) Board of Control

The Charter Act of 1813 ended the monopoly of:
a) Trade with China
b) Tea export
c) Indian trade by East India Company (except tea & China)
d) Banking by East India Company
✅ c) Indian trade by East India Company (except tea & China)

The first law member in the Governor-General’s Council was:
a) William Bentinck
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Canning
d) Lord Macaulay
✅ d) Lord Macaulay

Charter Act of 1833 made Governor-General of Bengal as:
a) Viceroy
b) King’s Representative
c) Governor-General of India
d) Prime Minister of India
✅ c) Governor-General of India

The Governor-General became Viceroy after:
a) 1853
b) 1857
c) 1861
d) 1909
✅ b) 1858 (Government of India Act)

The Government of India Act 1858 ended:
a) British Parliament’s role
b) Crown rule
c) Dual system
d) Company rule
✅ d) Company rule

The Secretary of State for India was created under:
a) Pitt’s India Act
b) Act of 1858
c) Charter Act 1813
d) Indian Councils Act 1909
✅ b) Act of 1858

Indian Councils Act of 1861 introduced:
a) Local self-government
b) Portfolio system
c) Federalism
d) Universal suffrage
✅ b) Portfolio system

The Indian Councils Act 1892 introduced:
a) Direct elections
b) Indirect elections
c) Separate electorates
d) Adult franchise
✅ b) Indirect elections

Indian Councils Act 1909 is also known as:
a) Chelmsford Reforms
b) Minto-Morley Reforms
c) Montagu Reforms
d) Wood’s Dispatch
✅ b) Minto-Morley Reforms

Separate electorate for Muslims was introduced in:
a) 1861
b) 1892
c) 1909
d) 1919
✅ c) 1909

The Act that increased Indian representation in administration:
a) 1813
b) 1861
c) 1909
d) 1935
✅ c) 1909

The Government of India Act 1919 is known as:
a) Morley-Minto
b) Montagu-Chelmsford
c) Attlee Declaration
d) Cripps Mission
✅ b) Montagu-Chelmsford

The 1919 Act introduced:
a) Provincial autonomy
b) Diarchy in provinces
c) Separate electorate
d) Federation
✅ b) Diarchy in provinces

The system of diarchy was first introduced in:
a) Centre
b) Provinces
c) Princely States
d) Local bodies
✅ b) Provinces

Bicameralism was introduced at the centre by:
a) Act of 1861
b) Act of 1909
c) Act of 1919
d) Act of 1935
✅ c) Act of 1919

The Government of India Act 1935 proposed:
a) Unitary structure
b) Complete independence
c) Federal structure
d) Republic
✅ c) Federal structure

The 1935 Act provided for:
a) Adult suffrage
b) Provincial autonomy
c) Emergency provisions
d) Preamble
✅ b) Provincial autonomy

The Diarchy was abolished at provincial level by:
a) Act of 1935
b) Act of 1919
c) Act of 1909
d) Act of 1858
✅ a) Act of 1935

Diarchy at the centre was introduced by:
a) Act of 1919
b) Act of 1935
c) Cripps Mission
d) Indian Independence Act
✅ b) Act of 1935

Which Act is the longest legislation passed by British Parliament?
a) Government of India Act 1919
b) Government of India Act 1935
c) Indian Councils Act 1909
d) Cabinet Mission Plan
✅ b) Government of India Act 1935

The first attempt to introduce federalism in India was by:
a) Act of 1858
b) Act of 1919
c) Act of 1935
d) Cripps Mission
✅ c) Act of 1935

Indian Independence Act was passed in:
a) July 1946
b) July 1947
c) August 1947
d) June 1948
✅ b) July 1947

The Indian Independence Act came into force on:
a) 15 August 1947
b) 26 January 1950
c) 26 November 1949
d) 2 June 1947
✅ a) 15 August 1947

The Constituent Assembly was formed under:
a) 1935 Act
b) Indian Independence Act
c) Cabinet Mission Plan
d) Cripps Proposal
✅ c) Cabinet Mission Plan

The Cabinet Mission came to India in:
a) 1945
b) March 1946
c) July 1947
d) August 1942
✅ b) March 1946

The Cabinet Mission proposed:
a) Complete independence
b) Federal India
c) Partition
d) Referendum
✅ b) Federal India

Who was the permanent Chairman of the Constituent Assembly?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) B.R. Ambedkar
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Sardar Patel
✅ a) Rajendra Prasad

Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee?
a) Nehru
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) Ambedkar
d) Sardar Patel
✅ c) Ambedkar

Objective Resolution was moved by:
a) Nehru
b) Ambedkar
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) Maulana Azad
✅ a) Nehru

Indian Constitution was adopted on:
a) 26 January 1950
b) 15 August 1947
c) 26 November 1949
d) 9 December 1946
✅ c) 26 November 1949

Indian Constitution came into effect on:
a) 26 January 1950
b) 15 August 1947
c) 26 November 1949
d) 2 October 1950
✅ a) 26 January 1950

Who was the Interim Prime Minister of India (1946)?
a) Rajaji
b) Nehru
c) Ambedkar
d) Patel
✅ b) Nehru

Constituent Assembly was formed as per guidelines of:
a) Simon Commission
b) Cripps Mission
c) Cabinet Mission
d) Indian Independence Act
✅ c) Cabinet Mission

The Constitution of India was influenced most by:
a) US Constitution
b) British Constitution
c) Irish Constitution
d) French Constitution
✅ b) British Constitution

Which feature was taken from the Irish Constitution?
a) Fundamental Rights
b) Directive Principles
c) Judicial Review
d) Cabinet System
✅ b) Directive Principles

How many members were there in the original Constituent Assembly?
a) 292
b) 389
c) 400
d) 299
✅ b) 389

Who was the first to demand a Constituent Assembly?
a) Gandhi
b) Nehru
c) M.N. Roy
d) Patel
✅ c) M.N. Roy

Which Act served as the basis for Indian Constitution till 1950?
a) Act of 1858
b) Act of 1909
c) Act of 1935
d) Indian Independence Act
✅ c) Act of 1935

Constitution of India provides for:
a) Unitary govt
b) Federal govt
c) Quasi-federal
d) Unicameral
✅ c) Quasi-federal

Who was Constitutional Advisor to Constituent Assembly?
a) B.N. Rau
b) K.M. Munshi
c) S.N. Mukherjee
d) Ambedkar
✅ a) B.N. Rau

Constitution was handwritten in:
a) English only
b) Hindi only
c) Both English and Hindi
d) Urdu
✅ c) Both English and Hindi

Which date is celebrated as Constitution Day?
a) 15 Aug
b) 26 Jan
c) 26 Nov
d) 2 Oct
✅ c) 26 Nov

The last British Governor-General of India was:
a) Mountbatten
b) C. Rajagopalachari
c) Lord Wavell
d) Linlithgow
✅ a) Mountbatten

First Indian Governor-General of free India was:
a) Nehru
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) C. Rajagopalachari
d) Ambedkar
✅ c) C. Rajagopalachari

The Indian Constitution was inspired by:
a) Government of India Act 1919
b) Government of India Act 1935
c) Cripps Mission
d) Simon Commission
✅ b) Government of India Act 1935