This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Acts > Act – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Quiz 3 (17 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The suppression of Indian language newspapers under the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was caused by the criticism of A) Inhuman approach of English officials towards the victims of the famine of 1876-77. B) Ill-treatment given to Indigo workers by their English masters. C) Misuse of religious places of India by English officials. D) Lavish lifestyle of the English officials. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ill-treatment given to Indigo workers by their English masters. 2. When was The Government of India Act 1858 passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom? A) June 1857. B) January 1858. C) December 1857. D) August 2, 1858. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) August 2, 1858. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. By the Act of 1773, Parliament granted a loan of ..... to the East India Company. A) Rs 500, 000. B) Rs 300, 000. C) Rs 400, 000. D) Rs 480, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rs 400, 000. 7. 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. 8. 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) Stafford Cripps. C) Lord Wavell. D) Cyril Radcliffe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cyril Radcliffe. 9. Which act is known as the black Act? A) Rowaltt Act. B) Filbert Bill. C) Hunter Act. D) Act of 1909. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rowaltt Act. 10. 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. 11. The States Reorganisation Act was passed in A) 1956 A.D. B) 1950 A.D. C) 1954 A.D. D) 1908 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1956 A.D. 12. 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. 13. The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act . A) 1946. B) 1865,. C) 1858,. D) 1856,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1856,. 14. When was M.K Gandhi suspend after the violent act of peasants at Police station of Chauri Chaura, near Gorakhpur in UP? A) Jan 1920. B) Feb 1920. C) Mar 1922. D) Feb 1922. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feb 1922. 15. Gandhi called for an all India Hartal (strike) to protest against Rowlatt Act on 6th April ..... A) 1918. B) 1925. C) 1919. D) 1926. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1919. 16. The Government of India Act of 1935 had divided India into ..... provinces. A) 11. B) 8. C) 14. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11. 17. Vernacular Press Act passed in? A) 1877. B) 1878. C) 1880. D) 1879. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1878. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesIndian History QuizzesAct Quiz 1Act Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books