1. The monopoly of Indian trade of the East India Company was abolished by the:
a) Regulating Act, 1773
b) Charter Act, 1813
c) Charter Act, 1833
d) Government of India Act, 1858
2. Who was not a member of the Cabinet Mission:
a) Lord Pettick Lowrence
b) Sir Staford Cripps
c) A.V. Alexander
d) Lord Wavell
3. The first definite step to provide parliamentary control over East India Company was taken by:
a) The Regulating Act, 1773
b) The Pitt's India Act, 1784
c) The Charter Act of 1793
d) The Charter Act of 1813
4. The first attempt to introduce a representative and popular element in the governance of India was made through:
a) Indian Council Act, 1861
b) Indian Council Act, 1892
c) Indian Council Act, 1909
d) Government of India Act, 1919
5. The Supreme Court of India was set up by the:
a) Regulation Act, 1773
b) Pitt's India Act, 1784
c) Charter Act, 1813
d) Charter Act, 1833
6. By virtue of which Act, Dyarchy was introduced in India?
a) Indian Council Act, 1909
b) Government of India Act, 1919
c) Government of India Act, 1935
d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
7. The Indian Legislature was made bi-cameral for the first time by:
a) Indian Council Act, 1892
b) Indian Council Act, 1909
c) Government of India Act, 1919
d) Government of India Act, 1935
8. Which of the following vested the Secretary of State for India with supreme control over the Government of India?
a) Pitt's India Act, 1858
b) Government of India Act, 1858
c) Indian Council Act, 1861
d) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
9. Who was the first Viceroy of India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) Lord Curzon
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Canning
10. The Montague-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of:
a) The Indian Council Act, 1909
b) The Government of India Act, 1919
c) The Government of India Act, 1935
d) The Independence of Act, 1947
11. The distribution of power between the Centre and the States in the Indian Constitution is based on the scheme provided in the:
a) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
b) Montagu-Chelmsford Act, 1919
c) Government of India Act, 1935
d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
12. The Constitution of India came into force on:
a) December 9, 1946
b) January 26, 1949
c) January 26, 1950
d) November 26, 1951
1. a), 2. d), 3. a), 4. a), 5. a), 6. b), 7. c), 8. b), 9. d), 10. b), 11. c), 12. c)
II. CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY3. The first definite step to provide parliamentary control over East India Company was taken by:
a) The Regulating Act, 1773
b) The Pitt's India Act, 1784
c) The Charter Act of 1793
d) The Charter Act of 1813
4. The first attempt to introduce a representative and popular element in the governance of India was made through:
a) Indian Council Act, 1861
b) Indian Council Act, 1892
c) Indian Council Act, 1909
d) Government of India Act, 1919
5. The Supreme Court of India was set up by the:
a) Regulation Act, 1773
b) Pitt's India Act, 1784
c) Charter Act, 1813
d) Charter Act, 1833
6. By virtue of which Act, Dyarchy was introduced in India?
a) Indian Council Act, 1909
b) Government of India Act, 1919
c) Government of India Act, 1935
d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
7. The Indian Legislature was made bi-cameral for the first time by:
a) Indian Council Act, 1892
b) Indian Council Act, 1909
c) Government of India Act, 1919
d) Government of India Act, 1935
8. Which of the following vested the Secretary of State for India with supreme control over the Government of India?
a) Pitt's India Act, 1858
b) Government of India Act, 1858
c) Indian Council Act, 1861
d) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
9. Who was the first Viceroy of India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) Lord Curzon
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Canning
10. The Montague-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of:
a) The Indian Council Act, 1909
b) The Government of India Act, 1919
c) The Government of India Act, 1935
d) The Independence of Act, 1947
11. The distribution of power between the Centre and the States in the Indian Constitution is based on the scheme provided in the:
a) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
b) Montagu-Chelmsford Act, 1919
c) Government of India Act, 1935
d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
12. The Constitution of India came into force on:
a) December 9, 1946
b) January 26, 1949
c) January 26, 1950
d) November 26, 1951
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Answer:1. a), 2. d), 3. a), 4. a), 5. a), 6. b), 7. c), 8. b), 9. d), 10. b), 11. c), 12. c)
1. The inaugural meeting of the Constituent
Assembly of India was presided over by:
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
c) Dr. Sachidananda
d) B.N. Rao
b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
c) Dr. Sachidananda
d) B.N. Rao
2. Who among the following was not a member of the drafting Committee of the Constitution?
a) B.R. Ambedkar
b) K.M. Munshi
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Mohd. Saadulla
3. The idea of a Constituent Assembly, to form a constitution of India was first mooted by:
a) M.N. Roy in 1934
b) The Indian National Congress in 1936
c) The Muslim League in 1942
d) The all Parties Conference in 1946
4. The constituent Assembly was set up according to the proposal of the:
a) Cripps Mission Plan
b) Cabinet Mission Plan
c) Wavell Plan
d) Mountbatten Plan
5. When did the Constituent Assembly of India have first meeting?
a) December 9, 1946
b) July 18, 1947
c) August 14, 1947
d) August 15, 1947
6. Who was the chairman of the Draft Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
b) K.M. Munshi
c) Jagjivan Ram
d) None of them
7. Who of the following acted as the Constitutional Advisor to the Constituent Assembly?
a) V.P. Menon
b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c) B.N. Rau
d) Dr. Sachhidananda Sinha
8. Which of the following is not related with the sessions of Constituent Assembly?
a) Dec 9, 1947
b) Nov 26, 1946
c) Jan 24, 1950
d) Jan 26, 1950
9. The Constitution of India was adopted on:
a) 26th January, 1950
b) 26th January, 1949
c) 26th November, 1949
d) 15th August, 1947
10. How many sessions of Indian Constituent Assembly were conducted for the formulation of Indian Constitution?
a) 7
b) 11
c) 12
d) 15
11. How much time the Constituent Assembly took to frame the Constitution of India?
a) 2 years 7 months 23 days
b) 2 years 11 months 18 days
c) 3 years 4 months 14 days
d) 3 years 11 months 5 days
12. Who proposed the preamble before the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?
a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
b) B.R. Ambedkar
c) B.N. Rau
d) Mahatma Gandhi
13. When was Jana Gana Mana adopted as our National Anthem?
a) 26th January, 1950
b) 24th December, 1949
c) 26th November, 1949
d) 24th January, 1950
b) Nov 26, 1946
c) Jan 24, 1950
d) Jan 26, 1950
9. The Constitution of India was adopted on:
a) 26th January, 1950
b) 26th January, 1949
c) 26th November, 1949
d) 15th August, 1947
10. How many sessions of Indian Constituent Assembly were conducted for the formulation of Indian Constitution?
a) 7
b) 11
c) 12
d) 15
11. How much time the Constituent Assembly took to frame the Constitution of India?
a) 2 years 7 months 23 days
b) 2 years 11 months 18 days
c) 3 years 4 months 14 days
d) 3 years 11 months 5 days
12. Who proposed the preamble before the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?
a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
b) B.R. Ambedkar
c) B.N. Rau
d) Mahatma Gandhi
13. When was Jana Gana Mana adopted as our National Anthem?
a) 26th January, 1950
b) 24th December, 1949
c) 26th November, 1949
d) 24th January, 1950
II. Constituent Assembly
1. c), 2. c), 3. a), 4. a), 5. a), 6. a), 7. c), 8. c), 9. b), 10. b), 11. b), 12. a), 13. d)
III. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE CONSTITUTION
1. The declaration that Democracy is a Government 'of the people, by the people, for the people' was made by:
a) Abraham Lincon
b) George Washington
c) Theodre Roosevelt
d) Wiston Churchill
2. Where was, the concept of written constitution, first born?
a) France
b) USA
c) Britain
d) Switzerland
3. Where was the first parliamentary form of Government formed?
a) Britain
b) Belgium
c) France
d) Switzerland
4. Which of the following countries have an Unwritten Constitution?
a) USA
b) UK
c) India
d) Pakistan
5. The concept of Judicial Review in our Constitution has been taken from the Constitution of:
a) England
b) USA
c) Canada
d) Australia
6. The Constitution of India borrowed the scheme of Indian Federation from the constitution of:
a) USA
b) Canada
c) UK
d) Ireland
7. The idea of including the emergency provisions in the Constitution of India has been borrowed from the:
a) Constitution of Canada
b) Weimar Constitution of Germany
c) Constitution of Ireland
d) Constitution of USA
8. Which country has contributed to the framing of the 'Directive Principles of State Policy'?
a) France
b) Ireland
c) Japan
d) USA
9. The Indian Constitution borrowed the concept of Fundamental rights from the:
a) Constitution of Ireland
b) Constitution of Canada
c) Constitution of USA
d) Constitution of Soviet Russia
Answer:
1. a), 2. b), 3. a), 4. a), 5. b), 6. b), 7. b), 8. b), 9. c)
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