Question

Before the Regulating Act was passed in $1773$, there was __________ at home to, administer the East India Company.

• A. A Committee of $24$
• B. A Secretary
• C. A Council of Lords
• D. A Board of Revenue

Answer 1

The correct option is A A Committee of $24$

There was A Committee of 24 at home to, administer the East India Company, before the Regulating Act was passed in 1773. Regulating Act, (1773), legislation passed by the British Parliament for the regulation of the British East India Company's Indian territories, mainly in Bengal. A Committee of 24 - The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence of Colonial Countries and Peoples is also known as the Special Committee on Decolonization or Committee of 24.