During the Champaran Satyagraha, the cultivation of Indigo was known as ______.

The correct answer is C, 1945. The last election to the Central Legislative Assembly set up under the Government of India Act of 1919 was held in the winter of 1945, after the Second World War ended and the Labour government in Britain moved towards a settlement with Indian leaders. The Congress won almost all the general seats and the Muslim League almost all the seats reserved for Muslims, and that verdict shaped the negotiations of 1946, the Cabinet Mission plan and the Constituent Assembly chosen by the provincial legislatures. The Act of 1935 reorganised the provinces, but the central legislature kept working under the 1919 Act until independence. A is wrong because no central election was held in 1930, the year of the Civil Disobedience Movement. B is wrong because the election of 1934 was the previous one, not the last. D is wrong because 1947 brought independence with no fresh central election. Exam tip: link the 1945-46 elections with the sharp communal division before Partition.

The correct answer is B, Minto-Morley Reforms, 1909. The Indian Councils Act of 1909, known as the Morley-Minto Reforms, introduced separate electorates for Muslims and so gave communal representation legal shape for the first time in British India. Muslim voters elected their own members from separate constituencies, which is why Lord Minto is often called the father of communal electorates. The Act also enlarged the legislative councils and allowed Indians into the executive councils, Satyendra Prasad Sinha becoming the first Indian member of the Viceroy's Executive Council. A is wrong because the Act of 1892 only enlarged the councils and allowed a limited, indirect form of election. C is wrong because the Reforms of 1919 extended separate electorates to Sikhs, Christians, Anglo-Indians and Europeans but did not begin them. D is wrong because the Act of 1935 widened them further, to depressed classes, women and labour. Exam tip: pair 1909 with separate electorates and Minto, and 1919 with dyarchy in the provinces.

The correct answer is D, Guru Angad. Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, chose his devoted follower Bhai Lehna as his successor and gave him the name Guru Angad, setting aside the claim of his own sons. Guru Angad became the second Sikh Guru in 1539 and is remembered for giving the Gurmukhi script its present form, the script in which the Sikh scriptures were later written, and for spreading the langar, the free community kitchen. A is wrong because Guru Ram Das was the fourth Guru and is known for founding the city of Amritsar. B is wrong because Guru Amar Das was the third Guru, who came after Guru Angad and not straight after Guru Nanak. C is wrong because Guru Har Rai was the seventh Guru, of a much later period. Exam tip: fix the first three in order - Nanak, Angad, Amar Das - and link Guru Angad with the Gurmukhi script.

The correct answer is A, Tughlaq. Ghazi Malik was the title of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, who founded the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate in 1320. He was governor of Dipalpur under the Khiljis and won the throne by defeating Khusrau Khan, the usurper who had ended Khilji rule. He built the fortified city of Tughlaqabad near Delhi, and in 1325 his son Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq succeeded him. The dynasty ruled till 1414, and its best known rulers were Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq and Firoz Shah Tughlaq. B is wrong because the Khilji dynasty was founded by Jalaluddin Khilji in 1290 and its strongest ruler was Alauddin Khilji. C is wrong because the Sayyid dynasty was founded by Khizr Khan in 1414, after the Tughlaqs. D is wrong because the Lodi dynasty was founded by Bahlul Lodi in 1451 and was the last dynasty of the Sultanate. Exam tip: keep the order of the five Delhi Sultanate dynasties ready - Slave, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodi.

The correct answer is A, Linlithgow. The Joint Parliamentary Committee that examined the White Paper on Indian constitutional reform was chaired by Lord Linlithgow, and its report of 1934 became the draft of the Government of India Act of 1935. The chain a paper setter tests runs in this order: the Simon Commission of 1927, the three Round Table Conferences of 1930 to 1932, the White Paper of March 1933, the Joint Parliamentary Committee under Linlithgow, and then the Act. The same Linlithgow came to India as Viceroy in 1936 and stayed till 1943, so the man who shaped the Act also worked it. B is wrong because Ramsay MacDonald, the British Prime Minister, presided over the Round Table Conferences and announced the Communal Award. C is wrong because Winston Churchill led the Conservative revolt against the bill. D is wrong because Clement Attlee was a member of the Simon Commission and later announced the transfer of power. Exam tip: Linlithgow - Joint Parliamentary Committee 1933-34, then Viceroy 1936-43.