Card 01
In which year did the East India Company obtain the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa?
Answer
1765
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Card 02
Who held the Finance portfolio in the Interim Government of 1946?
Answer
Liaquat Ali Khan
Card 03
In which year did the Government of India Act of 1919 come into force?
Answer
1921
Card 04
Under the Indian Councils Act of 1909, which councils were permitted to have a non-official majority?
Answer
Provincial legislative councils only
Card 05
To which groups did the Government of India Act of 1935 further extend separate electorates?
Answer
Depressed Classes, women and labour
Card 06
Who was the first Indian to be appointed to the Viceroy's Executive Council, and with which portfolio?
Answer
Satyendra Prasad Sinha, as Law Member
Card 07
Under the Charter Act of 1853, four of the six new legislative members were appointed by the provincial governments of which provinces?
Answer
Madras, Bombay, Bengal and Agra
Card 08
On 20 February 1947, Clement Attlee announced that British rule in India would end by which date?
Answer
30 June 1948
Card 09
What designation did Jawaharlal Nehru hold in the Interim Government of 1946?
Answer
Vice-President of the Viceroy's Executive Council
Card 10
Under Pitt's India Act of 1784, which body was to manage the political affairs of the Company?
Answer
Board of Control
Card 11
Apart from framing a Constitution, what additional role did the Constituent Assembly of India perform after 15 August 1947?
Answer
It also functioned as the Parliament of the Indian Dominion
Card 12
Under which Act did laws made by the Governor-General come to be called 'Acts' instead of 'Regulations'?
Answer
Charter Act of 1833
Card 13
By what name are the reforms introduced by the Indian Councils Act of 1909 known?
Answer
Morley-Minto Reforms
Card 14
How did the Charter Act of 1853 differ from earlier Charter Acts regarding the duration of Company rule?
Answer
It prescribed no fixed period, so Parliament could terminate Company rule at any time
Card 15
Whom did Lord Canning nominate as non-official members of his Legislative Council in 1862?
Answer
Raja of Benaras, Maharaja of Patiala and Sir Dinkar Rao
Card 16
Which Act attempted to introduce open competition for civil service recruitment but failed to implement it?
Answer
Charter Act of 1833
Card 17
Which statement correctly describes the electoral principle introduced by the Indian Councils Act of 1892?
Answer
A limited and indirect electoral principle was introduced without using the word 'election'
Card 18
The Indian Councils Act of 1861 restored legislative powers to which Presidencies, thereby beginning legislative decentralisation?
Answer
Bombay and Madras
Card 19
In the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, which offices were held by Montagu and Lord Chelmsford respectively?
Answer
Secretary of State for India and Viceroy of India
Card 20
In which years did provincial autonomy under the Government of India Act of 1935 come into effect and get discontinued?
Answer
Introduced in 1937 and discontinued in 1939
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