1. Which act marked the beginning of Parliamentary control over the East India Company?
a) Charter Act of 1793
b) Regulating Act of 1773
c) Pitt's India Act of 1784
d) Charter Act of 1813
Answer: b) Regulating Act of 1773
2. The Supreme Court of India was established in Calcutta under which act?
a) Pitt's India Act of 1784
b) Charter Act of 1793
c) Regulating Act of 1773
d) Government of India Act, 1853
Answer: c) Regulating Act of 1773
3. Which of the following acts introduced the system of 'dual government' in India?
a) Regulating Act of 1773
b) Pitt's India Act of 1784
c) Charter Act of 1813
d) Government of India Act, 1853
Answer: b) Pitt's India Act of 1784
4. Which act ended the monopoly of the East India Company over trade in India, except for trade in tea and opium?
a) Charter Act of 1813
b) Charter Act of 1833
c) Government of India Act, 1853
d) Pitt's India Act of 1784
Answer: a) Charter Act of 1813
5. The first Governor-General of India, as per the Charter Act of 1833, was?
a) Lord Cornwallis
b) Warren Hastings
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Lord William Bentinck
Answer: d) Lord William Bentinck
6. Which act made the Governor-General of Bengal the Governor-General of India?
a) Regulating Act of 1773
b) Charter Act of 1833
c) Pitt's India Act of 1784
d) Charter Act of 1813
Answer: b) Charter Act of 1833
7. Which act for the first time provided for the separation of legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General's council?
a) Charter Act of 1833
b) Government of India Act, 1853
c) Regulating Act of 1773
d) Pitt's India Act of 1784
Answer: b) Government of India Act, 1853
8. Which act introduced an open competition system for the recruitment of civil servants in India?
a) Government of India Act, 1853
b) Charter Act of 1813
c) Pitt's India Act of 1784
d) Charter Act of 1833
Answer: a) Government of India Act, 1853
9. Under which act was the East India Company’s commercial functions finally abolished?
a) Charter Act of 1833
b) Government of India Act, 1853
c) Regulating Act of 1773
d) Charter Act of 1813
Answer: a) Charter Act of 1833
10. Which of the following introduced the idea of "responsible government" in India for the first time?
a) Pitt's India Act of 1784
b) Regulating Act of 1773
c) Charter Act of 1833
d) None of the above
Answer: d) None of the above (The idea of responsible government came later during the Indian Councils Act of 1861).
