A. Fundamental Rights
B. Directive Principles of the State Policy
C. Fundamental Duties
D. Emergency Provisions
✅ The correct answer is option B.
137. The Government of India Act, 1935 was based on:
A. the principle of federation and parliamentary system
B. the principle of succession of the British Indian provinces
C. acceptance of the idea of a Constituent Assembly to draft a constitution
D. None of these
✅ The correct answer is option A.
136. Consider the following Acts: 1. The Regulating Act, 1773 2. Pitt’s India Act, 1784 3. The Charter Act, 1793 4. Indian Council Act,1861 What is the correct chronological sequence of these Acts?
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 2, 1, 3, 4
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 3, 4, 2, 1
✅ The correct answer is option A.
135. Consider the following statements – The objective of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 was: 1. To give power to the local government 2. To establish diarchy in the provinces 3. The extension of provincial government Which of these statements are correct?
A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 3
C. 2 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
✅ The correct answer is option C.
154. Consider the following with reference to the provisions of ‘Government of India Act, 1935’: 1. Establishment of an all-Indian Federation 2. Provincial autonomy, with a Government responsible to an elected legislature 3. Redistribution of provinces and the creation of two new provinces Which of these were embodied in the Government India Act, 1935?
A. 1, 2, and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 1 and 3
✅ The correct answer is option B.
153. Consider the following statements with reference to the provisions of Morley-Minto Reform Act in the Colonial India: 1. The Morley- Minto Reform Act raised the number of additional number of the Central Legislature 2. It introduced the principle of communal representation in the Legislature 3. It empowered the Legislation to discuss the budget and to move resolutions on it Which of these statements are correct?
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1 and 3
✅ The correct answer is option C.
152. Two independent states of India and Pakistan were created by:
A. The Simla Conference
B. The Cripps proposal
C. The Cabinet Mission Plan
D. The Indian Independence Act
✅ The correct answer is option D.
151. In the Federation under the Act of 1935 residuary powers were given to the:
A. Federal Legislature
B. Provincial Legislature
C. Governor General
D. Provincial Governor
✅ The correct answer is option C.
149. Who was the Chairman of the Union Power Committee of Constituent Assembly of India?
A. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
C. Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
D. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
✅ The correct answer is option B.
147. What was the basis for constituting the Constituent Assembly of India?
A. The resolution of Indian National Congress
B. The Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946
C. The Indian Independence Act, 1947
D. The resolution of the Provincial / State legislature of the Dominion of India
✅ The correct answer is option B.