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Indian HistoryEasyAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2025, GAT

Which of the following Acts established the Board of Control to guide and control the work of the Court of Directors and the Government of India ?

  1. A.Regulating Act of 1773
  2. B.Pitt's India Act of 1784
  3. C.Charter Act of 1793
  4. D.Charter Act of 1813

Correct answer

B. Pitt's India Act of 1784

Explanation

The correct answer is B, Pitt's India Act of 1784. It created a Board of Control in Britain to supervise the civil, military and revenue affairs of the East India Company, while the Court of Directors kept its commercial work.

This set up a system of double government: the Company handled trade, and the British government, through the Board of Control, directed its political affairs in India. For the first time the Company's territories were officially called "British possessions in India". The arrangement lasted until 1858, when the Government of India Act ended Company rule and the Board was abolished.

A is wrong because the Regulating Act of 1773 made the Governor of Bengal the Governor-General and provided for a Supreme Court at Calcutta.

C is wrong because the Charter Act of 1793 mainly renewed the Company's charter for twenty years.

D is wrong because the Charter Act of 1813 ended the Company's trade monopoly in India, except in tea and trade with China.

Exam tip: 1773 Regulating Act (Governor-General of Bengal); 1784 Pitt's India Act (Board of Control, double government).

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Consider the following statements pertaining to the Satavahanas : 1. Satavahana rulers were identified through metronymics 2. Satavahana succession to the throne was generally patrilineal Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: C. Both 1 and 2

Satavahana kings carried names taken from their mothers, yet the throne usually passed from father to son. A metronymic is a name derived from the mother.

Q2.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2018, Paper IHard

Which one of the following is not a characteristic feature of the Indian Independence Act, 1947?

  1. A.The Dominion of India got the residuary territory of India, excluding the provinces of Sind, Baluchistan, West Punjab, East Bengal and NWFP.
  2. B.The Act sought to lay down a Constitution by the Legislative will of the British Parliament.
  3. C.The Act proposed to set up two independent Dominions.
  4. D.The Constituent Assembly of each Dominion was to have unlimited power to frame and adopt any Constitution.
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Correct answer: B. The Act sought to lay down a Constitution by the Legislative will of the British Parliament.

The Indian Independence Act did not lay down any Constitution for India; it left the making of the Constitution entirely to the Constituent Assemblies of the new Dominions.

Q3.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2019, Paper IMedium

Which among the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha is/are correct? 1. It was during the course of his campaign against racialism in South Africa that Gandhiji first applied Satyagraha 2. The two vital ingredients of Satyagraha are 'truth' and 'non-violence' 3. The Satyagrahi resists evil by inflicting suffering on himself and not by inflicting suffering on the opponent 4. In India, Satyagraha was first tried by Gandhiji in Champaran Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  1. A.1 and 4 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.4 only
  4. D.1, 2, 3 and 4
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Correct answer: D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

All four statements correctly describe Gandhi's method of Satyagraha. Gandhi first used Satyagraha in South Africa, beginning in 1906 in the Transvaal against the law forcing Indians to register and carry passes.

Q4.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2019, Paper IHard

Which of the following statements about the Arya Samaj which emerged in the late 19th century are correct ? 1. Had a very strong support base amongst the trading castes 2. Introduced 'shuddhi' or mass purification 3. The moderates in the Arya Samaj were headed by Hans Raj and Lajpat Rai and set up a chain of Dayanand Anglo-Vedic colleges 4. The Arya Samaj had fewer members than the Brahmo Samaj Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.1,2 and 3
  3. C.3 and 4 only
  4. D.1,3 and 4
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Correct answer: B. 1,2 and 3

Statements 1, 2 and 3 are true, while statement 4 is false because the Arya Samaj grew far larger than the Brahmo Samaj.

Q5.Indian HistoryMedium

The Barrackpore Mutiny of 1824 broke out because the sepoys of the 47th Native Infantry refused to

  1. A.Wear a leather cockade on the turban
  2. B.Use the new Enfield cartridge
  3. C.March to Burma across the sea
  4. D.Serve under Indian officers
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Correct answer: C. March to Burma across the sea

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