Q. Consider the following statements:
1. Charter Act of 1813 ended all the commercial activities of the East India Company.
2. Charter Act of 1833 created Government of India having authority over the entire territorial area possessed by the British in India.
3. Charter Act of 1833 separated the legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General’s council.
How many statements given above are correct?
Exp) Option a is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is incorrect. Charter Act of 1813 abolished the trade monopoly of the East India Company in India i.e., the Indian trade was thrown open to all British merchants. However, it continued the monopoly of the company over trade in tea and trade with China. Charter Act of 1833 ended the activities of the East India Company as a commercial body, which became a purely administrative body.
Statement 2 is correct. Charter Act of 1833 created Government of India having authority over the entire territorial area possessed by the British in India. It made the Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor- General of India and vested in him all civil and military powers. Lord William Bentick was the first Governor-General of India.
Statement 3 is incorrect. Charter Act of 1853 separated, for the first time, the legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General’s council. It established a separate Governor General’s legislative council called the Indian (Central) Legislative Council.
