This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Acts > Act – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Quiz 1 (57 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Province of Bengal Constituted by the Act of 1935 would cease to exist as per ..... A) The Cabinet Mission Plan. B) The Indian Independence Act of 1947. C) The Dikie Bird Plan. D) Wavell's Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Indian Independence Act of 1947. 2. The Act of ..... had introduced the system of separate electorates. A) 1874. B) 1909. C) 1926. D) 1893. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1909. 3. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was Passed A) Lord Chelmsford. B) Lord Wavell. C) Lord Irwin. D) Lord Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Chelmsford. 4. The Charter Act of 1813 left intact the Company's monopoly of ..... trade. A) China. B) Jawa. C) Ceylon. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 5. Which of the following act was the revision of Vernacular Act? A) Indian Press act, 1910. B) Newspaper Act, 1908. C) Both A & B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian Press act, 1910. 6. The Charter Act of 1813 allotted Rupees ..... annually for Indian learning and spread of Scientific knowledge. A) One lakh. B) £ 1000. C) Two lakhs. D) £ 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One lakh. 7. When passed the Act of Vernacular Act? A) 1884. B) 1878. C) 1850. D) 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1878. 8. As per Pitt's India Act the Committee of Secrecy would consist of three members of ..... A) The House of Commons. B) The House of Lords. C) The Court of Directors. D) The Board of Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Court of Directors. 9. The Vernacular Press Act was passed in . A) 1888,. B) 1898. C) 1881,. D) 1878,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1878,. 10. By which clause, did the Charter Act of 1833 accepted educational qualifications for Indian Civil Service appointment? A) Clause 86. B) Clause 82. C) Clause 76. D) Clause 87. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clause 87. 11. As per Act of 1919 the lower house of the Central Legislature was known as ..... A) House of Commons. B) Legislative Assembly. C) House of Representatives. D) Legislative Council. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legislative Assembly. 12. Pitt's India Act brought the company in direct subordination to a body representing ..... A) Princely States. B) The Indian Merchants. C) The Parliament of Britain. D) The English Merchants in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Parliament of Britain. 13. Which one of the following Act strengthened the unitary character of the Government of India by establishing a general control over the finances of India by the Governor- General? A) The Charter Act of 1813. B) Pitt's India Act of 14. C) The regulating Act of 1773. D) The Charter Act of 1833. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Charter Act of 1833. 14. As per the Act of 1919, the Council of India would consist of a minimum of 8 and a maximum of ..... members. A) 10. B) 12. C) 20. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 15. Which of the Act made the governor of Bengal as Governor General of India? A) Pitt's India Act, AD 1784. B) Charter Act, 1793 AD. C) The charter Act, 1813 AD. D) The Regulating Act, AD 1773. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Regulating Act, AD 1773. 16. Provision was made by the Charter Act of 1813 for the establishment of a Church at ..... A) Madras. B) Pondicherry. C) Bombay. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcutta. 17. Which of the following charter act ended the monopoly of the trade of East India Company with China and sea route also? A) The Regulating Act, AD 1773. B) The charter Act, 1813 AD. C) Charter Act, 1833 AD. D) Pitt's India Act, AD 1784. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charter Act, 1833 AD. 18. When the Governor-General was away from Bengal a Vice- President appointed by ..... would Act for him. A) Crown. B) Board of Control. C) Parliament. D) Governor-General. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Governor-General. 19. Indian Navy Act was passed on? A) 1925. B) 1927. C) 1921. D) 1930. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1927. 20. Identify the Acts passed by the British Government in 1856. (i) Religious disabilities Act (ii) General Service Enlistment Act (iii) Hindu Widow Remarriage Act (iv) Abolition of the Sati (Regulation XVII) A) I, ii, iii. B) I, iii, iv. C) Ii, iii, iv. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I, ii, iii. 21. Which of the following statement is related to the provision of the Charter Act of 1833? A) Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China. B) Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China. C) Has not interfered with Company's tea trade and trade with China. D) Allowed the Company's monopoly of tea trade and trade with China for ten years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put an end to the Company's tea trade and trade with China. 22. Who among the following did not act as a tax farmer? A) Tributary chief. B) Governor. C) Patwari. D) Village headman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tributary chief. 23. The Government of India Act of 1919 clearly defined the A) Powers of the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy. B) Jurisdiction of the central and provincial governments. C) Separation of power between the judiciary and the legislature. D) Jurisdiction of the Viceroy and the Governors of the provinces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jurisdiction of the central and provincial governments. 24. Which of the following act led to the introduction of a dual system of government in India? A) Charter Act, 1813 AD. B) The Regulating Act, AD 1773. C) Pitt's India Act, AD 1784. D) Charter Act, 1793 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pitt's India Act, AD 1784. 25. The Govt. of India Act which ave eparate representation to the Muslims was the act of? A) 1935. B) 1947. C) 1919. D) 1909. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1909. 26. Monopoly of the East India Company to trade with China was abolished by the Charter Act of A) 1813. B) 1793. C) 1833. D) 1853. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1833. 27. Which of the following Government of India Act introduced the diarchy system in the provinces of India? A) Government of India Act, 1909. B) Government of India Act, 1919. C) Government of India Act, 1935. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government of India Act, 1919. 28. Which of the following committee and Act is associated with the Sedition Act? A) Rowlatt Committee. B) Muddiman Committee. C) Butler Committee. D) Both A & B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rowlatt Committee. 29. Which Government of India Act/charter Act generated the post of Governor-General of India? A) Government of India Act -1858. B) Charter Act-1833. C) Charter Act-1853. D) Charter Act-1813. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government of India Act -1858. 30. By the Act of 1858, the powers of the Board of Control and the Court of Directors were transferred to ..... A) Commander-in-Chief. B) Viceroy. C) Parliament. D) The Secretary of State. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Secretary of State. 31. Rowlatt Act was passed in? A) 1917. B) 1919. C) 1918. D) 1916. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1919. 32. Which of the following provision is a part of the Government of India Act of 1919? A) Remodelling of the Central legislature. B) Doing away with the distinction between the regulation and non-regulation provinces. C) The enlargement of the Viceroy's Executive Council. D) Transfer of power to the Indians. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transfer of power to the Indians. 33. The Bengal Regulation Act of 1829 dealt with which of the following issues primarily: A) Abolition of sati. B) Child marriages. C) Female infanticide. D) Dowry prohibition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abolition of sati. 34. The Government of India Act of 1935 consists of ..... sections and 10 schedules. A) 300. B) 330. C) 331. D) 321. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 321. 35. By the Charter Act of 1813 the Indian trade except in ..... was thrown open to all British subjects. A) Tea. B) Cotton. C) Spices. D) Coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tea. 36. Who among the following Dharmasastra writers disapproved the custom of Sati declaring it as an act of suicide? A) Visnu. B) Usana. C) Angiras. D) Medhatithi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medhatithi. 37. Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to the Muslims? A) Act of 1947. B) Act of 1909. C) Act of 1935. D) Act of 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Act of 1909. 38. Which of the following Government of India Act/Indian Council Act brought three separate presidencies (Madras, Bombay and Bengal) into a common system? A) Indian Council Act of 1909. B) Government of India Act, 1935. C) Indian Council Act of 1861. D) Government of India Act, 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indian Council Act of 1861. 39. The Charter Act of 1793 Renewed the Company's monopoly for ..... years. A) 20 years. B) 15 years. C) 10 years. D) 30 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20 years. 40. Who among the following Governors-General repealed the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton? A) Elgin-II. B) Northbrook. C) Dufferin. D) Ripon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northbrook. 41. The suppression of Indian language newspapers under the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was caused by the criticism of A) Ill-treatment given to Indigo workers by their English masters. B) Inhuman approach of English officials towards the victims of the famine of 1876-77. C) Lavish lifestyle of the English officials. D) Misuse of religious places of India by English officials. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ill-treatment given to Indigo workers by their English masters. 42. When was The Government of India Act 1858 passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom? A) June 1857. B) August 2, 1858. C) January 1858. D) December 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) August 2, 1858. 43. The Widow Remarriage Act was passed by A) Lord Auckland. B) Lord Canning. C) Lord Dalhousie. D) Lord Wavell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Dalhousie. 44. The Factory Act of 1881 was passed with a view to A) Prohibit the employment of children below the age of 7 in any factory. B) Allow the workers to trade unions. C) Fix the wages of industrial workers. D) Reduce the working hours for women employees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prohibit the employment of children below the age of 7 in any factory. 45. Which one of the following had drafted the Hindu Widows Remarriage Act? A) Lord Canning. B) Lord Dalhousie. C) Lord Hardinge. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Dalhousie. 46. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of ..... to the East India Company. A) Rs 400, 000. B) Rs 480, 000. C) Rs 300, 000. D) Rs 500, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rs 400, 000. 47. Which of the following statements about the Government of India Act of 1935 is not correct? A) The federal legislature was to be bicameral. B) Diarchy was established in the provinces. C) The Viceroy was given special powers. D) The federal executive was to consist of the Viceroy, councillors and the ministers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diarchy was established in the provinces. 48. Who was the Chairman of Boundary Commission to define the boundaries of the dominions under the Indian Independence Act of 1947? A) Lord Mountbatten. B) Lord Wavell. C) Stafford Cripps. D) Cyril Radcliffe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cyril Radcliffe. 49. Which act is known as the black Act? A) Act of 1909. B) Filbert Bill. C) Rowaltt Act. D) Hunter Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rowaltt Act. 50. Which of the following is not the provision of The Act of 1892? A) A simultaneous examination of ICS to be held in England and India. B) Reforms of the legislative council and adoption of the principle of election in place of nomination. C) Reduction in the Military expenditure. D) Support of the annexation of Upper Burma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Support of the annexation of Upper Burma. 51. The States Reorganisation Act was passed in A) 1956 A.D. B) 1950 A.D. C) 1908 A.D. D) 1954 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1956 A.D. 52. Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India? A) Government of India Act, 1909. B) Government of India Act, 1919. C) Government of India Act, 1935. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government of India Act, 1919. 53. The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act . A) 1946. B) 1856,. C) 1865,. D) 1858,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1856,. 54. When was M.K Gandhi suspend after the violent act of peasants at Police station of Chauri Chaura, near Gorakhpur in UP? A) Feb 1920. B) Jan 1920. C) Mar 1922. D) Feb 1922. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feb 1922. 55. Gandhi called for an all India Hartal (strike) to protest against Rowlatt Act on 6th April ..... A) 1925. B) 1926. C) 1919. D) 1918. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1919. 56. The Government of India Act of 1935 had divided India into ..... provinces. A) 11. B) 5. C) 14. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11. 57. Vernacular Press Act passed in? A) 1880. B) 1879. C) 1877. D) 1878. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1878. Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books