Police System

Q.

What are the main characteristic of mansabdari system.

Q. Under whom was the police commission set up in the year 1902?

1. Andrew Fraser
2. Lord Cornwallis
3. Lord Curzon
4. Lord Dalhousie

Q. What was the highest position Indians could take in the army till 1857?

1. Chowkidar
2. Subedar
3. Officer
4. General

Q. What were the duties of the Superintendent in British India?

1. Supervised the work of Kotwal.
2. Supervised the work of Chowkidar.
3. Maintained law and order at the village level.
4. Investigated crime and thefts at the village level.

Q. Assertion [A]: Bengal famine was partially a man-made famine that led to millions of deaths.

Reason [R]: The British took over the entire police system of the Bengal province.

Read the above given statements carefully and select the option that is true.

1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
3. A is true, but R is false.
4. A is false, but R is true.

Q. Police officers were also known as in the British police system.

1. Thanedars
2. Chowkidars
3. Kotwals

Q. In which year did the British implement the Police Law?

1. 1861

Q. Police officers were also known as in the British police system.

1. Chowkidars
2. Thanedars
3. Kotwals

Q. The services of both the Chowkidar and Kotwal were supervised by the newly created designation of magistrates.

1. True
2. False

Q. The Constitution of India designates the police as a _________ subject.

1. Union
2. State
3. Territorial
4. Concurrent