Structure of British Administration
CUET PG Practice Question
- Which act of the British Parliament was the first to grant legislative powers to the British Government in India?
Options:
- A) Regulating Act of 1773
- B) Pitt’s India Act of 1784
- C) Charter Act of 1833
- D) Government of India Act, 1858
Answer: A) Regulating Act of 1773
- The Dual System of Government in Bengal, initiated by Robert Clive, was officially abolished by which Act?
Options:
- A) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
- B) Charter Act of 1813
- C) Regulating Act of 1773
- D) Government of India Act, 1858
Answer: C) Regulating Act of 1773
- Which act established the office of the Governor-General of Bengal, who later became the Governor-General of India?
Options:
- A) Charter Act of 1813
- B) Government of India Act, 1858
- C) Regulating Act of 1773
- D) Charter Act of 1833
Answer: D) Charter Act of 1833
- The Board of Control was created to regulate the affairs of the East India Company by which Act?
Options:
- A) Regulating Act of 1773
- B) Pitt’s India Act of 1784
- C) Charter Act of 1813
- D) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: B) Pitt’s India Act of 1784
- The Charter Act of 1833 brought which major reform to the governance of British India?
Options:
- A) End of the East India Company’s commercial monopoly
- B) Abolition of the office of the Governor-General of Bengal
- C) Centralization of legislative powers
- D) Complete transfer of administration to the Crown
Answer: C) Centralization of legislative powers
- Which Act is referred to as the “Act for the Better Government of India”?
Options:
- A) Government of India Act, 1919
- B) Government of India Act, 1858
- C) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
- D) Regulating Act of 1773
Answer: B) Government of India Act, 1858
- The Indian Councils Act of 1861 is significant for introducing what key administrative change in British India?
Options:
- A) Centralized legislation
- B) Local self-government
- C) Indian representation in councils
- D) Bicameral legislature
Answer: C) Indian representation in councils
- Which Act provided for the first time the principle of elections for the Indian Legislative Councils?
Options:
- A) Indian Councils Act of 1861
- B) Government of India Act, 1935
- C) Indian Councils Act of 1909 (Morley-Minto Reforms)
- D) Indian Councils Act of 1892
Answer: D) Indian Councils Act of 1892
- The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, which introduced the system of dyarchy in the provinces, were part of which Act?
Options:
- A) Indian Councils Act of 1909
- B) Government of India Act, 1919
- C) Government of India Act, 1935
- D) Charter Act of 1833
Answer: B) Government of India Act, 1919
- Which Act is considered a milestone for introducing provincial autonomy and creating a federal structure for British India?
Options:
- A) Government of India Act, 1858
- B) Government of India Act, 1919
- C) Government of India Act, 1935
- D) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer: C) Government of India Act, 1935
- The system of dyarchy introduced in the provinces by the Government of India Act, 1919, meant that: Options:
- A) Some subjects were transferred to Indian ministers
- B) Provincial autonomy was abolished
- C) Governors had absolute power in provinces
- D) Dual governments were created at the central level
Answer: A) Some subjects were transferred to Indian ministers
- Which of the following Acts led to the abolition of the East India Company’s trading rights in India?
Options:
- A) Charter Act of 1833
- B) Charter Act of 1813
- C) Regulating Act of 1773
- D) Indian Councils Act of 1892
Answer: B) Charter Act of 1813
- The Government of India Act of 1935 introduced which new legislative structure in British India?
Options:
- A) Bicameral legislature at the center
- B) Complete independence for provinces
- C) Transfer of all powers to Indians
- D) Introduction of elections in princely states
Answer: A) Bicameral legislature at the center
- Which Act is often referred to as the ‘Black Act’ due to its provisions allowing trials without a jury, and was heavily opposed by Indian nationalists?
Options:
- A) Rowlatt Act of 1919
- B) Government of India Act, 1935
- C) Charter Act of 1833
- D) Indian Councils Act of 1892
Answer: A) Rowlatt Act of 1919
- Which British Prime Minister played a key role in passing the Indian Independence Act of 1947?
Options:
- A) Winston Churchill
- B) Clement Attlee
- C) Lord Mountbatten
- D) Harold Macmillan
Answer: B) Clement Attlee
- The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was passed under which Viceroy, aiming to curb the freedom of the Indian press?
Options:
- A) Lord Curzon
- B) Lord Lytton
- C) Lord Ripon
- D) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: B) Lord Lytton
- The Ilbert Bill controversy of 1883 was related to which aspect of British administration in India?
Options:
- A) Rights of Indian judges to try Europeans
- B) Reforms in the police system
- C) Extension of railways
- D) Introduction of English education
Answer: A) Rights of Indian judges to try Europeans
- The Indian Civil Service (ICS) was officially opened to Indians through which Act?
Options:
- A) Charter Act of 1833
- B) Indian Councils Act of 1861
- C) Indian Councils Act of 1892
- D) Charter Act of 1853
Answer: D) Charter Act of 1853
- Which Act first introduced local self-government in India by empowering municipalities and district boards?
Options:
- A) Indian Councils Act of 1892
- B) Local Self-Government Act of 1882
- C) Government of India Act, 1919
- D) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: B) Local Self-Government Act of 1882
- The Pitt’s India Act of 1784 established which of the following in the governance structure of British India?
Options:
- A) Dual system of control between the Crown and the East India Company
- B) Federal structure of governance
- C) Complete autonomy of the Governor-General
- D) Decentralization of provincial governance
Answer: A) Dual system of control between the Crown and the East India Company