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1. Consider the following events during India’s freedom struggle: Chauri-Chaura Outrage Minto-Morley Reforms Dandi March Montague-Chelmsford Reforms Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events given above?Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2006
2. A London branch of the All-India Muslim League was established in 1908 under the presidency ofAsked in UPPCS Prelims 2001 · UPPCS Prelims 2004
3. Which of the following Acts introduced separate electorate system in India?Asked in BPSC Prelims Exam 66th
4. The provision for separate electorate for Muslims was given inAsked in UPSC CDS 1 2022
5. The Act of 1909 was associated withAsked in MPPSC CS Prelims 2017
6. Which of the following Act provided for communal representation in British India ?Asked in MPPSC CS Prelims 2019
7. Which act declared separate electorates for Muslims?Asked in MPSC CS Prelims 2012
8. The provision for separate electorate for Hindus and Muslims was made inAsked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2019
9. "When the two-nation theory was gaining momentum, who taunted the Morley-Minto reforms by saying that the real originator of Pakistan was not Iqbal or Jinnah but Mintto"?Asked in District Statistical Officer Assistant Director 2025
10. Which of the following statements are correct about Morley–Minto Reforms? 1. These reforms adopted the policy of Carrot and Stick 2. Muslims and landlords were given separate electorates 3. Rules and regulations beneficial to Sikhs and minorities were also included in the reformsAsked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2022
11. Which of the following is/are not correct? Minto-Morley reforms of 1909 introduced the following. I. The system of direct election was introduced in provinces II. The act did not enfranchise women III. It introduced dyarchy in provinces IV. Communal electorate was introducedAsked in TNPSC CS Prelims 2015
12. Consider the following statements about the Morley-Minto reforms of 1909: 1. They were named after the British Parliamentarians, Minto and Morley 2. They provided for limited self-government by increasing the number of elected Indians in the Legislative Councils 3. They contained provisions that ensured that British officials retained their majority in the Imperial Legislative Council Which of the statements given above is / are correct ?Asked in UPSC CAPF 2016
13. The Morley-Minto Reform was declared in the year __________.Asked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2017
14. Morley-Minto Reforms Bill was passed in :Asked in UPPCS Prelims 1994
15. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists: List I List II (Events) (Results) I. Morley Minto Re‐ A) Country-wide agitforms ation B) Withdrawal of a II. Simon Commission movement III. The Chauri-Chaura C) Communal Electincident orates D) Communal out‐ IV. The Dandi March breaks E) Illegal manufacture of salt