British India | MCQs

Explanation

The Charter Act of 1813 was an important legislation passed by the British Parliament

It marked a significant shift in British policy towards education in India.

One of its key provisions was the allocation of funds for the promotion of education in India.

Specifically, it earmarked £10,000 for education and the promotion of knowledge in India.

Explanation

diarchy particularly referred to the system of shared rule in British India established by the Government of India Acts 1919 

Dyarchy means the double system of government in which two heads are responsible for administration.

Dyarchy was introduced as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu and Lord Chelmsford 

The Government of India Act of 1935 ended the system of Diarchy and established 'provincial autonomy'.

Explanation

In 1864 Shimla was declared as the summer capital of India.

Explanation

Sir Charles Napier introduced many administrative reforms in Sindh.

Sir Charles Napier divided Sindh into three collectorates.

Explanation

The 3rd June Plan, also known as the Mountbatten Plan, was proposed by Lord Mountbatten

The 3rd June Plan announced the partition of British India into 2 states:

• India
• Pakistan

This Plan was also known as the or Partition Plan 

It was the last plan for independence.

Explanation

پہلی گول میز کانفرنس 1930، دوسری 1931، جبکہ تیسری اور آخری گول میز کانفرنس 1932 میں لندن میں منعقد ہوئیں۔

Explanation

The capital of British India was transferred from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi in the year 1911.

The announcement to shift the capital was made during the Delhi Durbar  held in December 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V.

The new capital in Delhi was known as New Delhi and was designed by the architect Edwin Lutyens.

It became the center of British colonial administration in India.

Explanation

The Indian Council Act of 1861 established legislative councils in the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras.

These presidencies were given the power to make laws for their respective regions.

The act restored the legislative powers that had been taken away by the Charter Act of 1833.

Explanation

• Lord Lytton, who was the Governor-General of India from 1876 to 1880, followed a spirited "Forward" policy towards Afghanistan.
• He believed that the British should pursue an aggressive policy towards Afghanistan, which led to the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
• Lytton was appointed by Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and purportedly feared the spread of Russian influence in Central Asia.

Explanation

• The third Delhi Durbar was held in 1911 to celebrate the coronation of King George V.
• The Delhi Durbar was an Indian imperial-style mass assembly organized by the British to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India.
• The Durbar was held three times, in 1877, 1903 and 1911, at the height of the British Empire. 
• The 1911 Durbar was the only one that a sovereign, George V, attended.