Important Acts (Rowlatt, Montagu) — Set 4
National Movement · महत्वपूर्ण अधिनियम · Questions 31–40 of 120
The Government of India Act 1935 proposed a Federation of India that included:
Correct Answer: C. British Indian provinces and the Princely States
The Government of India Act 1935 proposed an All-India Federation comprising both British Indian provinces and the Princely States. However, the federal provisions never came into force because the required number of Princely States never agreed to join the federation. The provincial autonomy provisions did come into force and were used for the 1937 elections.
How many provinces were there under the Government of India Act 1935?
Correct Answer: D. 11
The Government of India Act 1935 created eleven provinces in British India: Madras, Bombay, Bengal, United Provinces, Punjab, Bihar, Central Provinces, Assam, Orissa, North-West Frontier Province, and Sindh. Burma was separated from India under this act. The eleven provinces held elections in 1937, with Congress forming governments in seven.
The Government of India Act 1935 introduced a bicameral legislature for which provinces?
Correct Answer: A. Only the major provinces of Bengal, Bombay, Madras, United Provinces, Bihar, and Assam
The Government of India Act 1935 introduced bicameral legislatures for six major provinces: Bengal, Bombay, Madras, United Provinces, Bihar, and Assam. The remaining provinces had unicameral legislatures. The act also provided for a bicameral federal legislature at the centre, but this never came into operation.
Which feature of the Government of India Act 1935 was most criticized by Indian nationalists?
Correct Answer: B. The federation provisions that gave Princely States a disproportionate role and safeguards for the Viceroy
Indian nationalists most criticized the federation provisions of the Government of India Act 1935, which gave Princely States a disproportionately large role in the proposed federal legislature despite representing far fewer people. Additionally, the Viceroy retained extensive safeguards and reserved powers. Congress described the act as a 'charter of slavery.'
Congress won elections in how many provinces under the Government of India Act 1935 during the 1937 elections?
Correct Answer: C. 7
In the 1937 elections held under the Government of India Act 1935, the Indian National Congress won majorities in seven out of eleven provinces and formed governments. Congress formed governments in Madras, United Provinces, Central Provinces, Bihar, Orissa, Bombay, and the North-West Frontier Province. Congress ministries resigned in 1939 when Britain declared India at war without consulting Indian leaders.
The Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed by the British Parliament to provide for:
Correct Answer: D. The partition of India into two Dominions — India and Pakistan
The Indian Independence Act 1947, passed by the British Parliament on July 18, 1947, provided for the partition of British India into two independent Dominions—India and Pakistan. The act set August 15, 1947 as the date of independence. It also ended British suzerainty over the Princely States, which were free to accede to either Dominion.
Under the Indian Independence Act 1947, India and Pakistan were granted the status of:
Correct Answer: A. Dominions within the British Commonwealth
Under the Indian Independence Act 1947, both India and Pakistan were initially granted the status of Dominions within the British Commonwealth. This meant they retained the British monarch as the nominal head of state until they became republics. India became a republic on January 26, 1950, and Pakistan in 1956.
What happened to the Princely States under the Indian Independence Act 1947?
Correct Answer: B. British suzerainty lapsed and they could accede to India, Pakistan, or remain independent
Under the Indian Independence Act 1947, British suzerainty over the Princely States lapsed and they were free to accede to India, Pakistan, or theoretically remain independent. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and V.P. Menon negotiated the accession of most Princely States to India. The integration of the Princely States was a major post-independence achievement for India.
The Regulating Act 1773 established which judicial body in Calcutta?
Correct Answer: C. The Supreme Court at Fort William, Calcutta
The Regulating Act 1773 established the Supreme Court at Fort William in Calcutta as a significant judicial development. This was the first Supreme Court in India and represented British judicial authority in India. The Supreme Court had jurisdiction over all British subjects in Calcutta and could hear cases involving the Company's servants.
The Pitt's India Act of 1784 is significant because it established the principle that:
Correct Answer: D. The Company's political functions should be subordinate to parliamentary control
Pitt's India Act 1784 established the principle that the Company's political functions should be subordinate to parliamentary control through the Board of Control. This was a fundamental shift from purely commercial Company rule to government-supervised administration. The act laid the constitutional basis for the eventual Crown takeover in 1858.