Consider the following statements
1. Wellesley converted East India Company into British Empire by encouraging subsidiary alliance system.
2. Wellesley continued permanent settlement in Bengal.
3. Fort William College was opened for private training to both aspirants and serving civil servants about India.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Important Questions on Modern History
1. George Barlow 2. John Shore
3. Lord Hastings 4. Lord Amherst
5. Warren Hastings
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Consider the following statements with regard to the Government of India Act,
1. The Act provided for the establishment of an All India Federation.
2. The All India Federation was to be based on a union of the provinces of British India and the princely states.
3. There was to be a bicameral federal legislature.
4. Only of total population in British India was given right to vote.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
1. The Board of Control was established to control all civil, military and revenue affairs of the company.
2. In India, the Chief Government was placed in the hands of a Governor General and a council of four.
1. Under the Act, government was to be carried by the Governor General who was given the title of Viceroy of crown's personal representative.
2. The power of the Court of Directors and the Board of Control was now to be exercised by a secretary of state for India aided by a Council of 20 members.
3. The Secretary of State was a member of the British Cabinet and as such was responsible to Parliament.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Reason (R) Lord Ripon repealed the Vernacular Press Act, 1878.
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1. The dominant classes of the British society were keen to preserve the monopoly of lucrative appointments in the Indian Civil Service and other services for their children.
2. Lord Cornwallis had proposed to give the British and Indian officials high salaries to help them resist temptations and to become honest and obedient.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements.
1. Lord Cornwallis laid the foundation of a new judicial system in British India through a hierarchy of civil and criminal courts.
2. Lord Cornwallis separated the posts of the civil judge and the revenue collector in a district in British India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
