{"id":3147,"date":"2025-11-27T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=3147"},"modified":"2025-11-27T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:00:14","slug":"mcqs-based-on-political-science-179","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=3147","title":{"rendered":"MCQs Based On Political Science- (179)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q1. Which of the following Acts first allowed Indians to be appointed to the Executive Councils of the Viceroy and Governors?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Government of India Act, 1858<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Indian Councils Act, 1861<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Indian Councils Act, 1892<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Indian Councils Act, 1909<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 4. Indian Councils Act, 1909. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Under this Act, Satyendra Prasad Sinha became the first Indian to join the Viceroy\u2019s Executive Council, as Law Member.\n\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q2. The Indian Councils Act of 1892 allowed the legislative councils to:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Pass laws without Viceroy\u2019s consent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Frame the budget<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Discuss the budget and ask questions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Elect the Viceroy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 3. Discuss the budget and ask questions. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Though still limited in power, this Act allowed councils to discuss the budget (not vote on it) and ask questions, giving some voice to Indian representatives.\n\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q3. The term \u2018election\u2019 was avoided in the Indian Councils Act of 1892 and replaced with:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Selection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Nomination on recommendation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Appointment by Viceroy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Ballot nomination<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 2. Nomination on recommendation. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> The Act allowed for indirect election through nomination based on the recommendation of local bodies like municipalities and chambers of commerce.\n\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q4. The Secretary of State for India, as established by the Government of India Act 1858, was:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Governor of Bengal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Head of the Indian Army<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Chairman of East India Company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">A British Cabinet member responsible to Parliament<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 4. A British Cabinet member responsible to Parliament. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> The Secretary of State for India had supreme authority over Indian affairs and was answerable to the British Parliament, not to any Indian body.\n\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q5. Which Act granted legislative autonomy to provinces for the first time?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Government of India Act, 1858<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Indian Councils Act, 1861<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Indian Councils Act, 1892<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Indian Councils Act, 1909<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 2. Indian Councils Act, 1861. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> The Act restored legislative powers to provinces like Bombay and Madras, reversing earlier centralization and beginning decentralization, which culminated in full autonomy in 1937.\n\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q1. Which of the following Acts first allowed Indians to be appointed to the Executive Councils of the Viceroy and Governors? View Answer Correct Option: 4. Indian Councils Act, 1909. Explanation: Under this Act, Satyendra Prasad Sinha became the first Indian to join the Viceroy\u2019s Executive Council, as Law Member. Q2. 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