Model Questions for Scientific Assistant (IMD) Exam (Paper-1) - Set 23

Write and Discuss Your Answer with Q.No in Comment Box at the Bottom of Post

1. The Government of India Act 1858 declared----

1. The end of the policy of annexation by the British
2. Transfer of administration from the Company to the Crown
3. Zamindars were to be punished severely
4. Governor-general became the viceroy of India

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 3, 1, 2 and 4
(d) 2 and 4

2. The Government of India Act 1919 clearly defined the----

(a) Separation of power between the judiciary and the legislature
(b) Jurisdiction of the Viceroy and the governors of the provinces
(c) Jurisdiction of the central and provincial governments
(d) Powers of the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy

3. Which of the following were not included in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?

(a) Invitation to the Congress to participate in the Round Table Conference
(b) Withdrawal of the Civil Disobedience movement
(c) Release of only those prisoners who were not charged with violence
(d) Drafting of a constitution based on the principle of responsible government

4. What was the objective behind the formation of the Indian National Congress?

(a) To make the power of British presence felt amongst the Indian masses.
(b) Creation of a small group of educated Indians who would support the British cause.
(c) A medium through which the Indians could be convinced about positive effects of British rule in India.
(d) A platform for Indians to voice their grievances regarding the government.

5. The Cripps Proposals were rejected by the Muslim League, as

(a) the Constitution-making body of separate electorate had not been recognized
(b) Its demand for Pakistan had not been directly conceded
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) Muslims were not given proportionate representation in the proposed Executive Council also.

(EBOOK) SSC Scientific Assistant (IMD) Exam Papers PDF Download

Study Kit for SSC Scientific Assistant (IMD) EXAM

6. The Mountbatten Plan (June 3, 1947) related to which of the following ?

(a) Creation of a federal government
(b) A plan for controlling the communal riots raging all over India at the time
(c) The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
(d) Guidelines for the formation of a Constitution for India by the Constituent Assembly

7. The Vaikkom Satyagraha was launched in for----

(a) Opening the temples to the low caste Hindus
(b) Fighting against the exploitation by the landlords
(c) Removal of Press restrictions
(d) None of the above

8. Why did the Congress gave up its deal of a united India and accepted partition ?

(a) The Congress leaders succumbed to the temptation of power and struck a deal with the British
(b) The Congress leaders felt that partition was a lesser evil than a civil war
(c) The country was sinking into a civil war
(d) All of the above

9. List I

A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak B. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
C. Rabindranath Tagore
D. Mahatma Gandhi

List II

1. “The British rule is a roller formidable in its weight and power having its uses, but it does not help the soil to become fertile.”
2. “Nationalism is a divinely appointed Shakti of the internal and must do its God Given work before it returns to the bosom of the Universal Energy from which it came.”
3. “A true Nationalist desires to build on old foundations. We don’t want to anglicise our institutions and denationalise them in the name of Social and Political Reforms.”
4. “I am not a visionary; I claim to be a practical idealist.”

Codes:

A B C D
(a) 4 3 1 2
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 3 4 2 1

10. Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in September 1932 because----

(a) he wanted to expediate the declaration of complete independence for India
(b) there was dissidence in the Congress.
(c) there was a communal riot
(d) he disapproved of the provision of separate electorates for the depressed classes in the British Prime Minister’s communal Award.