constitutional development and national movement in subcontinent Mcqs
1. Conventional constitution is one which:
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A. Is based on conventions

B. Is given by the head of the state

C. Is specifically enacted

D. Grows with the passage of time

2. Cumulative constitution is one which:
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A. Is given by the sovereign to the people

B. Is the result of gradual evolution

C. Is enacted by a specific body

D. Is given by the dictator

3. First Regulating Act was passed because:
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A. On the advice of the Prime Minister

B. None of These

C. British Parliament wanted to have some hand in the affairs of the Company

D. East India Company was to be given more freedom

4. The name of Lord Morley is associated with the Act of: ________?
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A. 1935

B. 1919

C. 1892

D. 1909
5. Who has said that constitution is the product of all those rules which affect the sovereignty of the state?
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A. Gettell

B. Lord Bryce

C. Woolsay

D. Rousseau

E. Professor Dicey
6. Out of the following who has said that a constitution is the way in which citizens who are components of a state are arranged in relation to one another:
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A. Montesqueiu

B. Aristotle

C. Strate

D. Rousseau

E. Plato

7. One of the important provisions of the Regulating Act was that:
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A. It permitted companys servants to have private trade

B. It created a Supreme Court in India

C. It reduced the status of the Governor of Bengal

D. It raised the status of Commander-in-Chief of armed forces in India
8. Regulating Act, 1773 will be remembered in Indian history because:
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A. It started Parliamentary form of government

B. It provided for a legislative assembly

C. It made a beginning of written constitution in India

D. It gave Indians a sharr in the running of their administration.

9. A law member was added to the Council of Governor-General by the Act of:
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A. 1853

B. 1861

C. 1853

D. 1813

E. 1833
10. The First Regulating Act was passed in the year:
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A. 1733

B. 1753

C. 1773

D. 1713
11. One of the serious defects of Regulating Act, 1773 was that it did not define the relationship of Supreme Court with:
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A. Provincial Governors

B. Board of Directors in England

C. Board of Control in England

D. British Parliament

E. Governor-General in India
12. The Governor-General in India was given the powers to override the majority decision of his Council by:
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A. Regulating Act, 1773

B. Charter Act of 1793

C. Amending Act, 1781

D. Act of 1786

E. Pitts India Act, 1784