Question

The last of the Charter Act concerning India was the Act of _______.

• A. $1773$
• B. $1813$
• C. $1853$
• D. $1793$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $1853$

Act of 1853 was last of the Charter Acts and that made Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India. It extended the Company’s rule and allowed it to retain the possession of Indian territories on trust for the British Crown. It introduced an open competition system of selection and recruitment of civil servants.