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Which one of the provisions of the Indian Council Act 1909, given below is incorrect?

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Important Questions on Modern History

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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 3>Q 52
Consider the following statements in regard to early administrative policies of the East India Company in India.
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?
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 3>Q 53

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?

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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 3>Q 55

Match the following

List I (Governor of Bengal) List II (Associated Event)
A. Robert Clive 1. Abolished dual Government of Bengal (1772)
B. Vanisttart 2. Bengal famine (1770)
C. Cartier 3. Battle of Buxar (1764)
D. Warren Hastings 4. Established dual Government in Bengal from (1765-72)

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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 3>Q 56
From the following Britishers, who is credited for removal of ban on newspapers?
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 3>Q 57
Consider the following statements about Warren Hastings?
1. He was the last Governor of Bengal.
2. He wrote introduction to the first English translation of 'Gita' by Charles Wilkins.
3. He started Diwani and Faujdari Adalats at the district level and Sadar Diwani and Nizamat Adalats (appellate courts) at Calcutta.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 3>Q 58
Who among the following finally removed the Maratha Peshwa from his position, captured his territories and sent him off to a distant place?
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 3>Q 59
Who succeeded Robert Clive to lead the East India Company?
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 9>Q 126

Consider the following statements:

1. The discussions in the Third Round Table Conference eventually led to the passing of the Government of India Act of 1935.

2. The Government of India Act of 1935 provided for the establishment of an All India Federation to be based on a union of the provinces of British India and the Princely States.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?