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Which electoral method was proposed for the Senate?
A. Simple nomination
B. Separate electorates only
C. Open military selection
D. Proportional representation by single transferable vote
Correct Answer: D
The report specified proportional representation using the single transferable vote, described as the Hare system.
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How were members of the Senate to be elected?
A. Directly by the King
B. By the Supreme Court
C. By Provincial Councils
D. By the British Parliament
Correct Answer: C
Provincial Councils were to elect senators.
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How many members were proposed for the Senate?
A. 100
B. 200
C. 300
D. 500
Correct Answer: B
The Senate was to contain 200 members.
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Hindustani under the report could be written in:
A. Nagri or Urdu script
B. Roman script only
C. Persian script only
D. Bengali script only
Correct Answer: A
The language provision recognized both Nagri and Urdu characters.
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What language did the report propose for the Commonwealth?
A. English only
B. Sanskrit only
C. Persian only
D. Hindustani
Correct Answer: D
Hindustani was proposed as the common language, with English also permitted.
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Which Sikh religious article received a specific constitutional note?
A. The kara only
B. The turban only
C. The kirpan
D. The gurdwara flag
Correct Answer: C
The report explicitly protected the Sikh entitlement to carry kirpans.
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The right to keep and bear arms under the report was:
A. Completely unlimited
B. Subject to regulations
C. Denied to every citizen
D. Restricted to British officials only
Correct Answer: B
The draft recognized the right while allowing legal regulation.
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What did the report declare regarding men and women?
A. They should have equal rights as citizens
B. Women should not vote
C. Men alone should hold office
D. Women should have provincial rights only
Correct Answer: A
Equal citizenship for men and women was expressly stated.
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Which social groups received explicit protection in the report's economic-rights provision?
A. Only landlords
B. Only military officers
C. Only foreign investors
D. Mothers, children, elderly, infirm and unemployed persons
Correct Answer: D
The report envisioned laws addressing motherhood, children, old age, infirmity and unemployment.
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The report called upon Parliament to secure a:
A. Fixed wage only for officials
B. Royal allowance for princes
C. Living wage for every worker
D. Military pension for every citizen
Correct Answer: C
Its social-rights provisions included living wages, health, motherhood and child welfare.
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The report stated that breach of a contract of service should not be made:
A. A civil issue
B. A criminal offence
C. A labour matter
D. A contractual dispute
Correct Answer: B
The proposal rejected criminalization of ordinary breaches of service contracts.
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Which labour right was recognized in the Nehru Report?
A. Freedom of association for economic improvement
B. A ban on trade unions
C. Compulsory unpaid labour
D. Criminal punishment for all strikes
Correct Answer: A
Workers were guaranteed freedom to combine and associate for labour and economic conditions.
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The report guaranteed equal access to public roads, wells and:
A. Military arsenals
B. Private residences
C. Cabinet meetings
D. Places of public resort
Correct Answer: D
This provision aimed to remove civic disabilities in public spaces.
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Public employment under the report was to be free from discrimination based on:
A. Education and merit
B. Professional qualification
C. Religion, caste or creed
D. Lawful age requirements
Correct Answer: C
The draft prohibited prejudice in public office and employment on religious or caste grounds.
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A student in a state-aided school could not be compelled to attend:
A. Language instruction
B. Religious instruction
C. Elementary education
D. Civic education
Correct Answer: B
The report protected students from compulsory religious instruction in publicly aided schools.
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What was the report's position on an official state religion?
A. There should be no state religion
B. Hinduism should be the state religion
C. Islam should be the state religion
D. Christianity should be the state religion
Correct Answer: A
The Commonwealth and its provinces were to remain constitutionally secular.
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Which legal remedy was guaranteed to citizens?
A. Doctrine of lapse
B. Separate electorates
C. Royal prerogative
D. Writ of habeas corpus
Correct Answer: D
The right to habeas corpus protected personal liberty, subject to limited suspension in war or rebellion.
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Which form of punishment did the report explicitly prohibit?
A. Fines imposed by law
B. Civil damages
C. Torture and corporal punishment
D. Judicial review
Correct Answer: C
The report declared corporal punishment and punishment involving torture unlawful.
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The report prohibited punishment for an act that was not illegal when:
A. The accused was arrested
B. It was committed
C. The legislature later met
D. A governor resigned
Correct Answer: B
This was an early constitutional statement against retrospective criminal punishment.
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What did the report say about discriminatory penal laws?
A. They should not exist
B. They should apply only to minorities
C. They should be issued by governors
D. They should operate retrospectively
Correct Answer: A
The draft prohibited penal laws of a discriminatory substantive or procedural nature.