Consider the following statements:
Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha was elected as the Provisional President of the Constituent Assembly.
H.C. Mukherjee was elected as the Vice-President of the Constituent Assembly.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Assertion (A): The Constituent Assembly of 1946 was not elected on the basis of universal adult franchise.
Reason (R): The Constituent Assembly was constituted under the scheme formulated by the Cabinet Mission Plan.
Match : List-I (Constituent Assembly Committee) with List-II (Chairman) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Steering Committee | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee | J.B. Kripalani |
Union Constitution Committee | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
Provincial Constitution Committee | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India was/were given immediate effect from November 26, 1949?
Citizenship
Emergency provisions
Elections
Federal system
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Consider the following statements regarding the composition of the Constituent Assembly:
The representatives were to be elected from the four constituents–Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian.
The chairman of the Union Constitution Committee was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
The total strength of the Constituent Assembly was 389.
The Drafting Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar consisted of eight members.
Which of these is/are correct?
Match List-I (Provisions) with List-ll (Acts) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Designation of the Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India and his Government as the Government of India | Government of India Act, 1935 |
Diarchy introduced in Indian Government | Government of India Act, 1919 |
Twin features of All-India Federation and Provincial Autonomy | Charter Act of 1833 |
Control of the Government of India transferred from East India Company to the British Crown | Government of India Act, 1858 |
Match List-I (Feature) with List-II (Act) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Federal Scheme of Government | Indian Councils Act, 1861 |
Diarchy in Provincial Government | Government of India Act, 1935 |
Communal representation | Minto-Morley Reforms, 1909 |
Rigid centralization | Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919 |
What were the salient features of the Government of India Act, 1935?
Abolition of Council of India
Diarchy at the Centre
Abolition of Diarchy in the States
Establishment of Federal Court
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Match List-I (Acts) with List-II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Government of India Act, 1858 | Diarchy in Provinces |
Indian Councils Act, 1861 | Morley - Minto Reforms |
Indian Councils Act, 1909 | Beginning of representation and legislative devolution |
Government of India Act, 1919 | Appointment of Secretary of State for India |
Assertion (A): Notwithstanding the introduction of Provincial Autonomy, the Government of India Act, 1935 retained control of the Central Government over the Provinces in a certain sphere.
Reason (R): The Governor was required to act in his own discretion in certain matters for which he was to act without ministerial advice and under the control and directions of the Governor-General.
Match List-I (Acts) with List-II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
The Government of India Act, 1935 | Introduction of Diarchy in provinces |
The Indian Councils Act, 1909 | Introduction of separate electorate for Muslims |
The Government of India Act, 1919 | Introduction of provincial autonomy |
The Government of India Act, 1858 | Transfer of power from the East India Company to the British crown |
Consider the following statements:
The first Public Service Commission in India was set up in the year 1926, on the recommendation of the Lee Commission on the Superior Civil Services in India.
The Government of India Act, 1935, provided for setting up of public service commissions at both the federal and provincial levels.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which of the following are the principal features of the Government of India Act, 1919?
Introduction of diarchy in the executive government of the Provinces.
Introduction of separate communal electorates for Muslims.
Devolution of legislative authority by the Centre to the Provinces.
Expansion and reconstitution of Central and Provincial Legislatures.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Consider the following statements:
Under the Government of India Act, 1919, the Indian Legislature was made more representative and for the first time bicameral.
The Government of India Act, 1935, prescribed a federation taking the Provinces and the Indian States as units.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements
Which of the following are the principal features of the Government of India Act, 1919?