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UPSC 2003 · Q128 · Modern History › Constitutional Developments & British Plans (1909-1947) · Save
Which one of the following provisions was NOT made in the Charter Act of 1833?
(a) The trading activities of the East India Company were to be abolished
(b) The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor General of India in Council
(c) All law-making powers to be conferred on Governor General in Council
(d) An Indian was to be appointed as a Law Member in the Governor-General’s Council
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Answer: (d) An Indian was to be appointed as a Law Member in the Governor-General’s Council
UPSC 2003 · Q136 · Modern History › Constitutional Developments & British Plans (1909-1947) · Save
An important aspect of the Cripps Mission of 1942 was
(a) that all Indian States should join the Indian Union as a condition to consider any degree of autonomy for India
(b) the creation of an Indian Union with Dominion status very soon after the Second World War
(c) the active participation and cooperation of the Indian people, communities and political parties in the British war effort as a condition for granting independence with full sovereign status to India after war
(d) the framing of a constitution for the entire Indian Union, with no separate constitution for any province, and a Union Constitution to be accepted by all provinces
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Answer: (b) the creation of an Indian Union with Dominion status very soon after the Second World War
UPSC 2003 · Q137 · Modern History › Constitutional Developments & British Plans (1909-1947) · Save
When Congress leaders condemned the Montagu-Chelmsford Report, many moderates left party to form the
(a) Swarajya Party
(b) Indian Freedom Party
(c) Independence Federation of India
(d) Indian Liberal Federation
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Answer: (d) Indian Liberal Federation