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Q. With reference to Charter Act, 1813, which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect?
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Q. With reference to Charter Act, 1813, which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect?
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The correct option is D Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation:
Statement 1 is incorrect: The Company’s monopoly over trade in India ended after the 1813 Charter Act but in trade with China and the tea trade, the company still retained its monopoly.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Charter Act 1833 permitted the English to settle freely in India and legalised the British colonisation of the country.
Statement 3 is incorrect: Charter Act 1833 made the Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India and vested in him all civil and military powers. Thus, the act created, for the first time, a Government of India having authority over the entire territorial area possessed by the British in India. Lord William Bentick was the first governor-general of India.
Explanation:
Statement 1 is incorrect: The Company’s monopoly over trade in India ended after the 1813 Charter Act but in trade with China and the tea trade, the company still retained its monopoly.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Charter Act 1833 permitted the English to settle freely in India and legalised the British colonisation of the country.
Statement 3 is incorrect: Charter Act 1833 made the Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India and vested in him all civil and military powers. Thus, the act created, for the first time, a Government of India having authority over the entire territorial area possessed by the British in India. Lord William Bentick was the first governor-general of India.
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