Constitutional Development
CUET PG History
Practice Questions
Total Questions: 100
1. The Indian Constitution’s evolution began with which Act?
A. Pitts India Act 1784
B. Charter Act 1813
C. Regulating Act 1773
D. Government of India Act 1858
2. Who was the first Governor-General of India appointed under the Regulating Act of 1773?
A. Lord Canning
B. Lord William Bentinck
C. Warren Hastings
D. Lord Mountbatten
3. Under the Regulating Act 1773, the Governors of Bombay and Madras were:
A. Independent
B. Equal to Bengal
C. Subordinate to the Governor of Bengal
D. Part of the Supreme Court
4. The Supreme Court established in Calcutta in 1774 had:
A. A Chief Justice and two assistant judges
B. A Chief Justice and three assistant judges
C. Only a Chief Justice
D. Five judges
5. The Pitts India Act of 1784 created:
A. Only a Governor-General
B. A joint government with Court of Directors and Board of Control
C. Supreme Court
D. Provincial assemblies
