CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The non-official provincial majority was criticized as misleading because:
A. Many non-officials were nominated
B. All members were elected by adults
C. Governors lost all powers
D. The provinces became independent
Correct Answer: A
Nomination and executive influence meant that numerical non-official majorities did not equal democratic control.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The official majority at the centre was criticized because it:
A. Allowed the government to defeat opposition
B. Made officials accountable to voters
C. Created provincial autonomy
D. Ended nomination
Correct Answer: A
The official bloc ensured continued colonial control of central legislation.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The Muslim League particularly welcomed the provision of:
A. Separate electorates
B. Abolition of Muslim seats
C. Joint electorates without safeguards
D. Universal adult franchise
Correct Answer: A
Separate Muslim representation fulfilled an important demand made since the Simla Deputation.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
Extremist nationalists considered the reforms:
A. Too limited to meet national aspirations
B. A complete victory
C. A socialist revolution
D. A military alliance
Correct Answer: A
Militant nationalists rejected the concessions as insufficient and manipulative.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
Moderate nationalists welcomed some changes but criticized the absence of:
A. Responsible government and effective elected control
B. Official members
C. British veto
D. Communal division
Correct Answer: A
They valued larger councils and debate but demanded much greater constitutional accountability.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The Indian National Congress generally regarded the reforms as:
A. Inadequate
B. A grant of complete Swaraj
C. The creation of Pakistan
D. The end of colonial rule
Correct Answer: A
Nationalists argued that the reforms offered representation without executive responsibility or real power.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
Which reform is incorrectly attributed to Morley–Minto?
A. Provincial autonomy
B. Expansion of legislative councils
C. Indian Law Member
D. Communal electorates
Correct Answer: A
Provincial autonomy was introduced much later under the Government of India Act 1935.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
Which reform is incorrectly attributed to the Indian Councils Act 1909?
A. Provincial dyarchy
B. Separate Muslim electorates
C. Official majority at the centre
D. Supplementary questions
Correct Answer: A
Dyarchy belongs to the 1919 reforms.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
Morley explicitly denied that the reforms were intended to introduce:
A. A parliamentary system
B. Larger councils
C. Indian members
D. Budget debate
Correct Answer: A
He characterized the changes as a limited development of existing institutions rather than parliamentary government.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The term 'responsible government' means that the executive is accountable to the:
A. Legislature
B. Army alone
C. Judiciary alone
D. Commercial chambers only
Correct Answer: A
The defining feature of responsible government is that ministers retain office through legislative confidence, which the 1909 Act did not provide.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The reforms did NOT establish a system of:
A. One person, one vote
B. Indirect constituencies
C. Communal seats
D. Nominated non-officials
Correct Answer: A
Only a tiny qualified electorate could participate.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The reforms did NOT transfer control of defence and foreign affairs to:
A. Elected Indian representatives
B. The Viceroy
C. British authorities
D. The colonial executive
Correct Answer: A
High policy remained exclusively under colonial executive authority.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The reforms did NOT abolish:
A. The executive veto
B. Official membership
C. Nomination
D. Restricted representation
Correct Answer: A
Governors and the Governor-General retained veto and control over legislative business.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The Morley–Minto Reforms did NOT provide for a:
A. Prime minister responsible to an Indian parliament
B. Law Member in the executive
C. Question procedure
D. Budget discussion
Correct Answer: A
No parliamentary cabinet or Indian prime ministership was created.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The reforms did NOT make the Viceroy accountable to:
A. The elected members of the legislature
B. The British Crown
C. The Secretary of State
D. British constitutional authority
Correct Answer: A
The Viceroy and executive remained responsible upward to Britain, not downward to elected Indians.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The reforms did NOT introduce:
A. Direct elections based on universal franchise
B. Indirect election
C. Communal representation
D. Special interest representation
Correct Answer: A
The electorate was restricted and the process largely indirect.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The 1909 reforms did NOT establish:
A. Bicameralism at the centre
B. An expanded Imperial Legislative Council
C. Nominated members
D. Special constituencies
Correct Answer: A
Central bicameralism was introduced under the 1919 constitutional scheme.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
Provincial autonomy is most closely associated with the:
A. Government of India Act 1935
B. Indian Councils Act 1909
C. Charter Act 1813
D. Regulating Act 1773
Correct Answer: A
The 1935 Act created autonomous provincial ministries under a significantly broader franchise.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
The Morley–Minto Reforms did NOT grant:
A. Provincial autonomy
B. Non-official provincial majorities
C. Restricted elections
D. Separate Muslim electorates
Correct Answer: A
Provincial autonomy became a major feature of the Government of India Act 1935.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1909 - Constitutional Developments - Morley-Minto Reforms
Dyarchy was first introduced in British Indian provinces by the:
A. Government of India Act 1919
B. Indian Councils Act 1909
C. Indian Councils Act 1892
D. Government of India Act 1858
Correct Answer: A
The Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms divided provincial subjects into reserved and transferred categories.