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December 20, 2023

Which of the following Act, ensured the establishment of the supreme court in India?

(A) Pitt’s India Act, AD 1784
(B) The Regulating Act, AD 1773
(C) Charter Act, 1793 AD
(D) Charter Act, 1813 AD

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ANSWER: B

In which of the following Acts for the first time provision was made for the post of Governor-General of Bengal?

(A) Act of 1833
(B) Charter Act of 1813
(C) Pitt’s Indian Act, 1784
(D) Regulating Act, 1773

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ANSWER: D

The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court established by the East India Company was ________.

(A) Elijah Impey
(B) Phillip Francis
(C) Courtney Ilbert
(D) None of the above

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ANSWER: A

Which of the following Acts empowered Lord Cornwallis to overrule the decision of his Council?

(A) Charter Act of 1813
(B) Charter Act of 1793
(C) Act of 1786
(D) Regulating Act

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ANSWER: C

Which one of the following Acts of British India strengthened the Viceroy’s authority over his executive council by substituting ‘portfolio’ or departmental system for corporate functioning?

(A) Indian Council Act, 1909
(B) Indian Council Act, 1892
(C) Government of India Act, 1858
(D) Indian Council Act, 1861

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ANSWER: D

Consider the following statements.
1. The Charter Act, 1853 abolished East India Company monopoly of Indian trade.
2. Under the Government of India Act, 1858 the British Parliament abolished the East India Company altogether and undertook the responsibility of ruling India directly.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(A) Neither 1 nor 2
(B) Both 1 and 2
(C) Only 2
(D) Only 1

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ANSWER: C

Which Act provisioned competitive exam system for Civil Services?

(A) 1882
(B) 1858
(C) 1853
(D) 1833

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ANSWER: C

Which of the following is one of the reasons for considering Charter Act of 1813 important for India?

(A) It approved the development of a railway system in India
(B) It made a financial allocation for the education of Indian people
(C) It emphasised industrialisation in India
(D) It banned propaganda by Christian Missionaries in India

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ANSWER: B

At the time of the establishment of Asiatic Society in Calcutta, who was the Governor General of Bengal?

(A) Lord Cornwallis
(B) Lord Warren Hastings
(C) Lord Wellesley
(D) Lord Bentinck

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ANSWER: B

Who established the judicial organization in India?

(A) Lord Mayo
(B) Lord Cornwallis
(C) Lord Attlee
(D) Lord Curzon

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ANSWER: B