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POLITY HISTORY

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In which year did English East India company obtain the diwani?
a)
1605
b)
1685
c)
1705
d)
1765
2.
In which year the regulating act was passed?
a)
1770
b)
1765
c)
1772
d)
1773
3.
who was the first governor general of Bengal?
a)
Warren Hastings
b)
lord William Bentinck
c)
lord canning
d)
lord Cornwallis
4.
under regulating act in which year the supreme court was established?
a)
1773
b)
1774
c)
1781
d)
1784
5.
In which year act of settlement passed?
a)
1773
b)
1774
c)
1781
d)
1784
6.
In which year Pitt's India act was passed?
a)
1773
b)
1774
c)
1781
d)
1784
7.
under which act lord Cornwallis was appointed as the governor general of Bengal?
a)
act of 1781
b)
act of 1784
c)
act of 1786
d)
act of 1788
8.
charter act was passed in which year?
a)
1786
b)
1784
c)
1788
d)
1793
9.
which act abolished trade Monopoly of company in India?
a)
charter act 1793
b)
charter act 1813
c)
charter act 1833
d)
charter act 1853
10.
which act made the governor general of Bengal as the governor general of India?
a)
charter act 1793
b)
charter act 1813
c)
charter act 1833
d)
charter act 1853
11.
who was the first governor general of India?
a)
Warren Hastings
b)
lord William Bentinck
c)
lord canning
d)
lord Cornwallis
12.
which act introduced an open competition system of selection and recruitment of civil servants?
a)
charter act 1793
b)
charter act 1813
c)
charter act 1833
d)
charter act 1853
13.
which act attempted to introduce a system of open competition for selection of civil servants?
a)
charter act 1793
b)
charter act 1813
c)
charter act 1833
d)
charter act 1853
14.
the committee on Indian civil service was appointed in?
a)
1833
b)
1834
c)
1853
d)
1854
15.
which act allowed Christian missionaries for enlightening the people in India?
a)
charter act 1793
b)
charter act 1813
c)
charter act 1833
d)
charter act 1853
16.
which act provided the spread of Western education in India?
a)
charter act 1793
b)
charter act 1813
c)
charter act 1833
d)
charter act 1853
17.
which act distinguished the commercial and political functions of the company?
a)
Pitt's India act 1784
b)
charter act 1813
c)
charter act 1833
d)
regulating act 1773
18.
Macaulay committee was appointed in which year?
a)
1833
b)
1834
c)
1853
d)
1854
19.
which act abolished the East India company?
a)
GOI act 1858
b)
GOI act 1919
c)
GOI act 1935
d)
Independence act 1947
20.
under which act the governor general of India changed to viceroy of India?
a)
GOI act 1858
b)
GOI act 1919
c)
GOI act 1935
d)
Independence act 1947
21.
who is the first viceroy of India?
a)
Warren Hastings
b)
lord William Bentinck
c)
lord canning
d)
lord Cornwallis
22.
which act abolished board of control and court of directors?
a)
GOI act 1858
b)
GOI act 1919
c)
GOI act 1935
d)
Independence act 1947
23.
In which year lord canning nominated three Indians to his legislative council
a)
1858
b)
1861
c)
1862
d)
1892
24.
which act empowered the viceroy to issue ordinance during emergency?
a)
Indian councils act 1861
b)
Indian councils act 1892
c)
Indian councils act 1909
d)
GOI act 1935
25.
which act is also known as Minto Morley reforms?
a)
Indian councils act 1861
b)
Indian councils act 1892
c)
Indian councils act 1909
d)
GOI act 1935
26.
who is known as the father of communal electorate?
a)
lord Minto
b)
lord William Bentinck
c)
lord canning
d)
lord Cornwallis
27.
which act is also known as montagu chelmsford reforms?
a)
GOI act 1858
b)
GOI act 1919
c)
GOI act 1935
d)
Independence act 1947
28.
who was the secretary of the state in 1919?
a)
Minto
b)
Morley
c)
montagu
d)
Chelmsford
29.
who was the viceroy of India in 1919?
a)
Minto
b)
Morley
c)
montagu
d)
Chelmsford
30.
which act provided the establishment of public service commission?
a)
GOI act 1858
b)
GOI act 1919
c)
GOI act 1935
d)
Independence act 1947
31.
in which year Central public service commission was set up?
a)
1917
b)
1919
c)
1926
d)
1927
32.
in which year Simon commission was set up?
a)
1917
b)
1919
c)
1926
d)
1927
33.
in which year Simon commission submitted it's report?
a)
1930
b)
1919
c)
1926
d)
1927
34.
which act provided the establishment of Reserve Bank of India?
a)
GOI act 1858
b)
GOI act 1919
c)
GOI act 1935
d)
Independence act 1947
35.
who was the viceroy of India in 1947?
a)
Mountbatten
b)
Morley
c)
montagu
d)
Chelmsford
36.
who put forth the partition plan of India?
a)
Mountbatten
b)
Morley
c)
montagu
d)
Chelmsford
37.
under which act portfolio system was introduced?
a)
Indian councils act 1892
b)
Indian councils act 1861
c)
Indian councils act 1909
d)
Government of India act 1919
38.
who introduced portfolio system?
a)
lord canning
b)
lord macaulay
c)
lord Cornwallis
d)
lord Bentinck
39.
lord canning`s portfolio system was introduced in the year?
a)
1858
b)
1859
c)
1861
d)
1862
40.
under Indian councils act of 1909 the number of members in Central legislative council was raised from
a)
15 to 45
b)
16 to 60
c)
21 to 70
d)
30 to 100
41.
who was the first Indian to join the viceroy's executive council?
a)
Satyendra Prasad Sinha
b)
sir Dinkar Rao
42.
the members nominated by lord canning to his legislative council
a)
Raja of Benaras
b)
maharaja of Patiala
c)
sir Dinkar Rao
d)
all the above
43.
who was the first law member of viceroy's executive council
a)
Satyendra Prasad Sinha
b)
sir Dinkar Rao