Q – The provision for the establishment of All India Federation was included in the (a) Government of India Act, 1935 (b) August Offer, 1940 (c) Government of India Act, 1919 (d) Cabinet Mission Proposal, 1946 U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2012 Ans. (a) Explanation – The Act of 1935 provided the establishment of an All-India Federation consisting […]

Q – A ‘Federal System’ and ‘diarchy’ at the ‘Centre’ was introduced in India by (a) The Act of 1909 (b) The Act of 1919 (c) The Act of 1935 (d) None of the above U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013 Ans. (c) Explanation – The Act of 1935 provided the establishment of an All-India Federation consisting of provinces

Q – The distribution of power between Centre and States as in the Constitution of India is based on which of the following plans? (a) Morely-Minto Reform, 1909 (b) Montagu-Chelmsford Reform, 1919 (c) Government of India Act, 1935 (d) Indian Independence Act, 1947 I.A.S. (Pre) 2012 Ans. (c) Explanation – The Government of India act of

Q – Which Act for the first time made it possible for Indians to take some share in the administration of their country? (a) Charter Act, 1833 (b) Charter Act, 1853 (c) Government of India Act, 1858 (d) Indian Councils Act, 1861 U.P.P.C.S.(Pre) 2012 Ans. (a) Explanation – Section 87 was one of the most important

Q – The power of the President to issue ordinance is a relic of (a) G. O. I. Act, 1919 (b) G. O. I. Act, 1935 (c) G. O. I. Act, 1909 (d) Indian Independence Act, 1947 U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2008 Ans. (b) Explanation – Though in British India, Governor-General was empowered to promulgate ordinance without the

Q. Which of the following Acts introduced a bicameral legislature at the Centre? (a) 1961 Act (b) 1917 Act (c) 1919 Act (d) 1915 Act M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013 Ans. (c) Explanation – Government of India Act, 1919 introduced, for the first time, bicameralism in the country. Thus the Indian legislative council was replaced by a