TAMIL NADU NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY
II – B.A.LL.B., (HONS.)
LEGAL HISTORY
MCQ TEST FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT – JUNE – 2020
Answer ALL the questions: 60 x 1 = 60
1. Who said? “The word ‘law’ has come down to us in close association with two notions
of order and notions of force”
c. Henry Maine
2. The Egyptian Goddess of justice is known as
c. Ma’at
3. The Greek Goddess of justice is known as
d. Justitia
4. Essays on Popular Government was associated with
a. Henry Maine
5. Ancient Sumerian Code of Law is known as
c. Lipit-ishtar
6. The Seldon Society was associated with
b. Frederick William
7. The characteristic of law is
d. All of the above
8. The ___________ law divided into jus scriptum and jus non scriptum.
b. Roman law
9. Chief Judge of the Admiralty Court was known as the
d. Judge-Advocate
10. Who among the following king of England granted a new Charter of 1661 to the
Company in India?
a. Charles II
11. Which among the Charter was responsible to establish a Municipal Corporation in
Madras?
c. 1687
12. Adalat system in Bengal was established by
c. Hastings
13. Who among the following does not involve in the Patna Case 1777-1779
d. Kojah Zcharia
14. The term Curia Regis which means King’s (Royal) Council is derived from
a. Latin term
15. Non-licensed lower grade of legal practitioners were called as
c. Mukhtars
16. The Supreme Court was established at Madras in
a. 1800
17. The status of five Lieutenant Governors and the Chief Commissioners were raised to that
of Governor in Council was under
c. The Government of India Act, 1919
18. Which among the charter introduced the system of appeals from India to the Privy
Council in England?
b. Charter of 1726
19. The Federal Court was established in 1937 at ________ with three judges.
a. Delhi
20. The first C J in India was
a. Sir Impey
21. Under the provision of Legal Professionals’ Act, 1879 all six categories of legal
practitioners were brought under the control of
b. The High Court
22. Circuit Court in Bengal was abolished by
a. Cornwallis
23. Amalgamation of Adalat courts and Supreme Courts took place through
d. High Court Act of 1861
24. Which among the Charter was responsible to establish a Supreme Court in Bengal?
c. Charter of 1774
25. Supreme Court established at Bombay in
c. 1823
26. The Charter which mark the beginning of Parliamentary system in India is
b. Charter of 1853
27. Which of the following British Act introduced provincial autonomy?
c. Government of India Act 1935
28. Name the Act marked the beginning of representation of Indians in legislative councils
a. Indian Council Act of 1861
29. For the first regular legal profession in India was created by
a. Hasting
30. The first Chief Judge of the Admiralty Court at Madras was
b. Biggs
31. Which among the Charter was responsible in establishment of Corporation in Bombay
and Calcutta?
b. Charter of 1726
32. Legal institutions have
b. Two wings
33. Which among the following organ should pay more attention to promote legal education
in India?
d. All of the above
34. The Indian Council Act of 1909 was also known as
a. Minto - Morley Reforms
35. For the first time the elective principles were accepted by the
d. Act of 1909
36. The Government of India Act of 1919 was also known as
b. Montague Chelmsford Reforms
37. Which of the following statement is not correct?
d. The recruitment for the civil services began on the basis of the Charter Act of
1833
38. The idea of D P S P in our constitution was borrowed from
d. Irish Constitution
39. Which among the act provided for the establishment of an All India Federation?
d. Government of India Act of 1935
40. The Federal Court was established in 1937 at ________ with three judges.
a. Delhi
41. The first C J of the Federal Court in India was
b. Sir Maurice Gwyer
42. In Raja Nand Kumar trial, Nand Kumar was charged for the crime of forgery and was
hanged in the year 1775. He was sentenced to death, under the Act of:
c. 1728
43. The Regulating Act empowered the British Crown to establish a Supreme Court at
Calcutta by issuing a charter. It also led:
c. Both (a) and (b)
44. Lord Cornwallis introduced the ‘Cornwallis Code’ in 1793. What are true effects of this
Code:
b. The magisterial powers of the collection of revenue were taken away
45. The Plan of 1772 under the territories of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa were divided in
districts and in each district a collector was appointed. Such plan was drafted under the
Chairmanship of:
c. Warren Hastings
46. The Charter of 1753 was introduced to reform some of the provisions of the Charter of
1726. One of the important provisions was:
c. Establishment of the Mayor’s Court
47. Under the Government of India Act, 1935, the Federal Court had:
c. Original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions
48. Which one of the following Act made the Central Legislature a bicameral i.e., the
Council of States and the Legislative Assembly:
b. Government of India Act, 1919
49. One of the following was not the main objective of the Indian Councils Act, 1909:
d. Decrease in the proportion of the elected members
50. Which of the following was not one of the features of Government of India Act, 1935:
b. Dyarchy of centre and the provinces
51. The first Session of the Constituent Assembly was held on:
a. 9th Dec, 1946
52. The Indian High Court Act, 1861 had insisted that the C J of a High Court must be a
b. Barrister
53. The keynote of William Bentinck’s reforms was
a. Indianisation
54. Who among the following became an architect of partition and independence for India
and Pakistan
d. Louis Mountbatten
55. The High Court of Judicature in Bombay was set up under
b. Wilcox
56. The Advocate Act, 1961 repealed the earlier Acts of
b. 1926
57. The law graduates were eligible to practice as vakils in the __________ if they also
passed an additional vakil’s examination after 1879.
b. High Court
58. The Constitution Assembly adopted the final draft on 26th November
b. 1949
59. The principle of rule of law borrowed from
b. England constitution
60. The idea of residuary powers in our constitution borrowed from
c. Canadian Constitution
