1. The ‘Dual System of Control’ (Board of Control and Court of Directors) was introduced by which Act?
A) Regulating Act of 1773
B) Pitt’s India Act of 1784
C) Charter Act of 1813
D) Charter Act of 1853
2. Which of the following Acts ended the East India Company’s monopoly over tea trade and trade with China?
A) Charter Act of 1813
B) Charter Act of 1833
C) Charter Act of 1853
D) Government of India Act 1858
3. Match the following ‘Firsts’ of British India:
1. First Governor-General of Bengal — (a) Lord Canning
2. First Governor-General of India — (b) Warren Hastings
3. First Viceroy of India — (c) Lord William Bentinck
A) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
B) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
C) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
D) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
4. The Legislative and Executive functions of the Governor-General’s Council were separated for the first time by:
A) Charter Act of 1833
B) Charter Act of 1853
C) Indian Councils Act 1861
D) Indian Councils Act 1892
5. The “Secretary of State for India,” a new office created in 1858, was responsible to:
A) The Viceroy of India
B) The British Parliament
C) The Governor-General
D) The Indian National Congress
6. Which Act is known for initiating the process of ‘Decentralisation’ in India?
A) Indian Councils Act 1861
B) Indian Councils Act 1892
C) Government of India Act 1919
D) Government of India Act 1935
7. The Morley-Minto Reforms (1909) increased the number of members in the Central Legislative Council to:
A) 16
B) 60
C) 140
D) 250
8. Which Act introduced ‘Bicameralism’ (Two Houses) at the Center for the first time?
A) Indian Councils Act 1909
B) Government of India Act 1919
C) Government of India Act 1935
D) Indian Independence Act 1947
9. Under the Dyarchy system of 1919, ‘Reserved’ subjects were administered by:
A) The Governor with his Executive Council
B) The Governor with his Ministers
C) The Legislative Assembly
D) The Secretary of State
10. The Government of India Act 1935 provided for a Federal List with how many items?
A) 36
B) 54
C) 59
D) 60
11. Who was the first Law Member of the Governor-General’s Council who introduced the English language in India?
A) Lord Dalhousie
B) Lord Macaulay
C) Satyendra Prasad Sinha
D) Warren Hastings
12. “Communal Representation” for Muslims was a feature of:
A) Act of 1892
B) Act of 1909
C) Act of 1919
D) Act of 1935
13. The Federal Court of India (established in 1937) was a result of:
A) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
B) Government of India Act 1935
C) Indian Councils Act 1861
D) Regulating Act of 1773
14. In which provinces was Bicameralism introduced by the 1935 Act?
A) All 11 Provinces
B) Only Bengal and Bombay
C) 6 out of 11 Provinces (including Bihar)
D) Only Bihar and United Province
15. The ‘Council of India’ established in 1858 was abolished by which Act?
A) Act of 1909
B) Act of 1919
C) Act of 1935
D) Indian Independence Act 1947