1. Which act transferred the control of India from the East India Company to the British Crown?
a) Indian Councils Act, 1861
b) Government of India Act, 1858
c) Government of India Act, 1919
d) Indian Councils Act, 1909
Answer: b) Government of India Act, 1858
2. Who was the first Viceroy of India, appointed after the Government of India Act, 1858?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Canning
c) Lord Ripon
d) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: b) Lord Canning
3. Which of the following acts introduced the concept of 'Portfolio System' in India?
a) Government of India Act, 1858
b) Indian Councils Act, 1861
c) Indian Councils Act, 1892
d) Indian Councils Act, 1909
Answer: b) Indian Councils Act, 1861
4. The Indian Councils Act of 1892 increased the number of additional members in the legislative councils but did not provide for which of the following?
a) Representation of Indians in the councils
b) Introduction of the electoral process
c) Discussion of the budget
d) Asking of supplementary questions
Answer: b) Introduction of the electoral process
5. Which act is known as the 'Morley-Minto Reforms'?
a) Indian Councils Act, 1892
b) Government of India Act, 1919
c) Indian Councils Act, 1909
d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: c) Indian Councils Act, 1909
6. Which constitutional reform introduced separate electorates for Muslims in India?
a) Indian Councils Act, 1861
b) Indian Councils Act, 1892
c) Indian Councils Act, 1909
d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: c) Indian Councils Act, 1909
7. Which of the following acts introduced the system of Diarchy in Indian provinces?
a) Government of India Act, 1858
b) Government of India Act, 1919
c) Indian Councils Act, 1892
d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: b) Government of India Act, 1919
8. Which act provided for the establishment of the 'All India Federation'?
a) Government of India Act, 1919
b) Government of India Act, 1935
c) Indian Independence Act, 1947
d) Indian Councils Act, 1909
Answer: b) Government of India Act, 1935
9. Under which act were provinces classified as 'autonomous' for the first time?
a) Government of India Act, 1919
b) Government of India Act, 1935
c) Indian Independence Act, 1947
d) Indian Councils Act, 1909
Answer: b) Government of India Act, 1935
10. Which act laid down the procedure for the partition of India into two dominions: India and Pakistan?
a) Government of India Act, 1935
b) Indian Councils Act, 1909
c) Indian Independence Act, 1947
d) Government of India Act, 1858
Answer: c) Indian Independence Act, 1947
11. Which act abolished the system of Diarchy at the provincial level and introduced it at the federal level?
a) Government of India Act, 1935
b) Government of India Act, 1919
c) Indian Councils Act, 1892
d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer: a) Government of India Act, 1935
12. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were implemented by which act?
a) Government of India Act, 1919
b) Indian Councils Act, 1909
c) Government of India Act, 1935
d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer: a) Government of India Act, 1919
13. Which act provided for the establishment of a Federal Court in India?
a) Indian Councils Act, 1909
b) Government of India Act, 1919
c) Government of India Act, 1935
d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer: c) Government of India Act, 1935
14. The Indian Independence Act of 1947 was passed by the British Parliament based on the plan of which leader?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) Lord Wavell
c) Lord Linlithgow
d) Lord Ripon
Answer: a) Lord Mountbatten
