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  1. 3011UPSC2000HistoryEnglish

    Which one of the following is not a feature of the Government of India Act of 1935?

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    Correct option: A — Diarchy at the Centre as well as in the Provinces

  2. 3012UPSC2002HistoryEnglish

    The real intention of the British to include the Princely States in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to

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    Correct option: D — Use the princes to counterbalance the anti-imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders

  3. 3013UPPSC2007HistoryEnglish

    Who among the following said about the Act of 1935 ‘a car which has a brake but no engine’?

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    Correct option: A — Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. 3014UPPSC2013HistoryEnglish

    In which session, Indian National Congress had rejected Government of India Act, 1935?

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    Correct option: B — Lucknow Session, 1936

  5. 3015UPPSC2010HistoryEnglish

    Who amongst the following had called the Government of India Act, 1935 as the ‘Charter of Slavery’?

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    Correct option: A — Jawaharlal Nehru

  6. 3016UPSC2010HistoryEnglish

    The ‘Instrumentation of Instructions’ contained in the Government of India Act, 1935 have been incorporated in the Constitution of India in the year 1950 as

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    Correct option: B — Directive Principles of State Policy

  7. 3017UPPSC2015HistoryEnglish

    Who has said it, “I have not to beg pardon in connection with the allegation that in the draft of the Constitution, a major part of the Government of India Act, 1935, has again been reproduced”?

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    Correct option: D — Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

  8. 3018UPSC2005HistoryEnglish

    Consider the following statements. In Government of India Act, 1935 provided for 1. The provincial autonomy. 2. The establishment of Federal Court. 3. All India Federation at the Centre. Which of the following statement given above are correct?

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    Correct option: D — 1, 2 and 3

  9. 3019UPPSC2002HistoryEnglish

    Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I (a) Establishment of Board of Control (b) Establishment of Supreme Court (c) Permission of appointment of Christian Missionaries in India (d) Law Member in Governor General Council List-II 1. Regulating Act, 1773 2. Pitt’s India Act, 1784 3. Charter Act, 1813 4. Charter Act, 1833

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    Correct option: B — a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4

  10. 3020Goa PSC2017HistoryEnglish

    Match List-I (Acts of colonial Government of India) with List-II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I (Acts of Colonial Government of India) (a) Charter Act, 1813 (b) Regulating Act, 1773 (c) Act of 1858 (d) Pitt’s India Act, 1784 List-II (Provisions) 1. Set up a Board of Control in Britain to fully regulate the East India. 2. Company’s trade monopoly in India was ended. 3. The power to govern was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown. 4. The Company’s directors were asked to present to the British Government all correspondence and documents pertaining to the administration of the company.

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    Correct option: A — a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1

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