Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
The Nehru Report declared all citizens equal before:
A. Religious authorities only
B. Provincial landlords
C. The British army
D. The law
Correct Answer: D
Equality before law and equal civic rights were expressly protected.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
For sizeable minorities, primary instruction was to be available through:
A. English only
B. Nagri only
C. Their own language and customary script
D. A language selected by the Governor-General only
Correct Answer: C
The minority-language safeguard covered the medium and script used for primary instruction.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
Which educational right appeared in the report?
A. Free university education abroad for all
B. Free elementary education
C. Compulsory military schooling
D. Education restricted by caste
Correct Answer: B
The report recognized free elementary education without discrimination of caste or creed.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
The report guaranteed freedom of expression together with the right to:
A. Assemble peacefully and form associations
B. Maintain private armies
C. Suspend Parliament
D. Dismiss judges
Correct Answer: A
It protected peaceful assembly and the formation of associations or unions.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
Which freedom was expressly guaranteed by the Nehru Report?
A. Freedom from all taxation
B. Freedom to abolish courts
C. Freedom to ignore every law
D. Freedom of conscience and religion
Correct Answer: D
The report guaranteed freedom of conscience and the profession and practice of religion, subject to public order and morality.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
The Nehru Report included a formal declaration of:
A. Royal privileges only
B. Military regulations only
C. Fundamental rights
D. Commercial tariffs only
Correct Answer: C
A detailed rights chapter was among the report's most important constitutional innovations.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
The constitutional philosophy of the Nehru Report most closely reflected:
A. Absolute monarchy
B. Responsible parliamentary government
C. Direct military rule
D. Theocratic government
Correct Answer: B
The report placed political responsibility on ministers answerable to an elected House.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
The proposed Commonwealth could appoint High Commissioners and foreign representatives similar to:
A. Canada and other Dominions
B. The East India Company
C. The Mughal Empire
D. The United Nations
Correct Answer: A
The draft expressly compared this diplomatic power to that of Canada and other dominions.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
The report proposed that India's foreign-affairs powers should resemble those of:
A. British colonies without autonomy
B. Indian municipalities
C. Private companies
D. Self-governing Dominions
Correct Answer: D
It sought the same external constitutional powers exercised by established dominions.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1928 - Constitutional Developments - Nehru Report
Who was to appoint the Governor-General under the proposed constitution?
A. The Senate alone
B. The Supreme Court
C. The King
D. The provincial governors
Correct Answer: C
The Governor-General was to be appointed by the King and function subject to the constitution.