| #4476 |
How many seats were allotted to British India? |
296. |
| #4477 |
How many original members were in the Constituent Assembly? |
389. |
| #4478 |
Under which plan was the Constituent Assembly formed? |
Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946. |
| #4479 |
Which Act was based on the Mountbatten Plan? |
Indian Independence Act, 1947. |
| #4480 |
Which plan recommended Partition? |
Mountbatten Plan, 1947. |
| #4481 |
What did the Plan propose for provinces? |
Grouping into A, B, and C groups. |
| #4482 |
What subjects were proposed to remain with the Union? |
Defence, foreign affairs, communications. |
| #4483 |
Which Mission proposed the Constituent Assembly? |
Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946. |
| #4484 |
Why was Cripps Mission rejected? |
Proposals were vague and unacceptable to Indian leaders. |
| #4485 |
Why did Cripps Mission come to India in 1942? |
To offer Dominion Status and seek Indian cooperation in WWII. |
| #4486 |
What was the status of India and Pakistan after the Act? |
Sovereign Dominions. |
| #4487 |
Which Act granted independence to India and Pakistan? |
Indian Independence Act, 1947. |
| #4488 |
Which Act created the Federal Court of India? |
Government of India Act, 1935. |
| #4489 |
Which Act introduced provincial autonomy? |
Government of India Act, 1935. |
| #4490 |
Which Act became the basic framework of the Indian Constitution? |
Government of India Act, 1935. |
| #4491 |
Which Act established the Public Service Commission? |
Government of India Act, 1919 (PSC established in 1926). |
| #4492 |
Which Act introduced diarchy in provinces? |
Government of India Act, 1919. |
| #4493 |
Who was the first Indian in the Viceroy’s Executive Council? |
Satyendra Prasad Sinha (1909). |
| #4494 |
Which Act introduced separate electorates for Muslims? |
Indian Councils Act, 1909. |
| #4495 |
Which Act introduced indirect elections? |
Indian Councils Act, 1892. |
| #4496 |
Which Act introduced Indians into law-making for the first time? |
Indian Councils Act, 1861. |
| #4497 |
Which post was created under the 1858 Act? |
Secretary of State for India. |
| #4498 |
Who became the first Viceroy of India? |
Lord Canning. |
| #4499 |
Which Act ended the East India Company’s rule? |
Government of India Act, 1858. |
| #4500 |
Which Act introduced open competition for civil services? |
Charter Act, 1853. |