SEBA Class IX Social Science [History] Chapter 1 MCQ Set 6

CHAPTER-1: ADVENT OF THE EUROPEANS INTO INDIA
Multiple-Choice Questions Set 6

1. Who was the first Indian to get a civil service post?  
A) Romesh Chunder Dutt  
B) Biharilal Gupta  
C) Satyendranath Tagore  
D) Surendranath Banerji  
Answer: C) Satyendranath Tagore

2. Which Act first allowed Indians to sit for the Civil Service Examination?  
A) Charter Act of 1793  
B) Charter Act of 1833  
C) Act of 1853  
D) Government of India Act, 1919  
Answer: C) Act of 1853

3. During whose Viceroyalty was the upper age limit for the Civil Service Examination reduced to 19 years?  
A) Lord Lytton  
B) Lord Canning  
C) Lord Ripon  
D) Lord Dufferin  
Answer: A) Lord Lytton

4. Which Commission recommended the split of the Civil Service Department into three divisions?  
A) Montague-Chelmsford Commission  
B) Aitchison Commission  
C) Islington Commission  
D) Lee Commission  
Answer: B) Aitchison Commission

5. What was the proposed percentage increase in the employment of native people as per the Montague-Chelmsford Report?  
A) 2%  
B) 1%  
C) 1.5%  
D) 0.5%  
Answer: C) 1.5%

6. Which Act declared the formation of a Federal State in India?  
A) Act of 1853  
B) Government of India Act, 1919  
C) Government of India Act, 1935  
D) Indian Councils Act, 1861  
Answer: C) Government of India Act, 1935

7. Which Governor General argued against employing Indians in the administration?  
A) Lord Cornwallis  
B) Sir Thomas Monroe  
C) Sir John Malcolm  
D) Lord Canning  
Answer: A) Lord Cornwallis

8. Who was the first Indian to succeed in the Civil Service Examination after Satyendranath Tagore?  
A) Romesh Chunder Dutt  
B) Biharilal Gupta  
C) Surendranath Banerji  
D) Sripad Babaji Thakur  
Answer: C) Surendranath Banerji

9. Which Viceroy formed the Public Service Commission to examine the Indian Civil Service issue?  
A) Lord Lytton  
B) Lord Ripon  
C) Lord Dufferin  
D) Lord Canning  
Answer: C) Lord Dufferin

10. Which Act gave the direction to hold competitive examinations for Civil Service?  
A) Charter Act of 1833  
B) Act of 1853  
C) Civil Service Act of 1862  
D) Government of India Act, 1935  
Answer: B) Act of 1853

11. The Charter Act of 1833 instructed to take measures for determining the eligibility of Indians for which posts?  
A) Deputy Magistrate  
B) Deputy Collector  
C) High posts in the administration  
D) All of the above  
Answer: D) All of the above

12. Which Indian leader organized mass awareness against reducing the upper age limit for the Civil Service Examination?  
A) Satyendranath Tagore  
B) Surendranath Banerji  
C) Romesh Chunder Dutt  
D) Lal Mohan Ghose  
Answer: B) Surendranath Banerji

13. Which Commission proposed the formation of a Civil Service Commission in India immediately?  
A) Aitchison Commission  
B) Montague-Chelmsford Commission  
C) Islington Commission  
D) Lee Commission  
Answer: D) Lee Commission

14. Who chaired the Royal Commission on Public Service formed in 1922?  
A) Lord Islington  
B) Sir Charles Aitchison  
C) Lord Dufferin  
D) Lord Ripon  
Answer: A) Lord Islington

15. Which Act first allowed Indians to be eligible for the posts of Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector?  
A) Charter Act of 1793  
B) Charter Act of 1833  
C) Act of 1853  
D) Government of India Act, 1935  
Answer: B) Charter Act of 1833

16. The Queen's Proclamation of 1858 gave assurance for the recruitment of which group in Civil Services?  
A) English citizens  
B) Native people  
C) Europeans  
D) None of the above  
Answer: B) Native people

17. What was the upper age limit for candidates in the Indian Civil Service Examination during Lord Lytton's Viceroyalty?  
A) 22 years  
B) 21 years  
C) 19 years  
D) 18 years  
Answer: C) 19 years

18. The Government of India Act, 1935, proposed the formation of which service commissions?  
A) Federal Civil Service Commission  
B) Provincial Civil Service Commission  
C) Both A and B  
D) None of the above  
Answer: C) Both A and B

19. The Montague-Chelmsford Report mentioned that how much of the total posts in India were to be filled up by native people?  
A) One-fourth  
B) One-third  
C) Half  
D) Two-thirds  
Answer: B) One-third

20. Which leader's arguments led the English Government to increase the upper age limit for Civil Service Examination?  
A) Lal Mohan Ghose  
B) Surendranath Banerji  
C) Romesh Chunder Dutt  
D) Satyendranath Tagore  
Answer: A) Lal Mohan Ghose

21. Which Act created the post of Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector in Indian Civil Services?  
A) Charter Act of 1833  
B) Charter Act of 1793  
C) Government of India Act, 1935  
D) None of the above  
Answer: A) Charter Act of 1833

22. Which Viceroy directed the selection of Indians of noble origin for civil service posts reserved for covenanted British persons?  
A) Lord Ripon  
B) Lord Lytton  
C) Lord Dufferin  
D) Lord Cornwallis  
Answer: B) Lord Lytton

23. The Aitchison Commission was created during the term of which Viceroy?  
A) Lord Ripon  
B) Lord Lytton  
C) Lord Dufferin  
D) Lord Canning  
Answer: C) Lord Dufferin

24. The Government of India Act, 1919, was directed to implement the schemes considered in which report?  
A) Montague-Chelmsford Report  
B) Aitchison Commission Report  
C) Islington Commission Report  
D) Lee Commission Report  
Answer: A) Montague-Chelmsford Report

25. Which Act allowed the formation of a competitive examination for Civil Services?  
A) Charter Act of 1833  
B) Government of India Act, 1919  
C) Act of 1853  
D) Government of India Act, 1935  
Answer: C) Act of 1853

26. Which law reserved the highest posts of Indian administration only to covenanted servicemen of the Company?  
A) Civil Service Act of 1862  
B) Charter Act of 1793  
C) Charter Act of 1833  
D) Act of 1853  
Answer: B) Charter Act of 1793

27. Which Indian Civil Service candidate succeeded in the examination in 1871?  
A) Romesh Chunder Dutt  
B) Satyendranath Tagore  
C) Anundoram Barooah  
D) Sripad Babaji Thakur  
Answer: A) Romesh Chunder Dutt

28. In what year did the British Government form the Lee Commission?  
A) 1923  
B) 1922  
C) 1886  
D) 1932