Q. Consider the following statements regarding “Charter Act of 1853”:
1.It separated the legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General’s council.
2.It introduced an open competition system of selection and recruitment of civil servants.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
Explanation: Charter Act of 1853 separated, for the first time, the legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General’s council. It provided for the addition of six new members called legislative councilors to the council.
- In other words, it established a separate Governor-General’s legislative council which came to be known as the Indian (Central) Legislative Council.
- This legislative wing of the council functioned as a mini-Parliament, adopting the same procedures as the British Parliament.
- Thus, legislation, for the first time, was treated as a special function of the government, requiring special machinery and special processes.
- It introduced an open competition system of selection and recruitment of civil servants. The covenanted civil service was, thus, thrown open to the Indians also.
- Accordingly, the Macaulay Committee (the Committee on the Indian Civil Service) was appointed in 1854.
Source: Laxmikanth’s Polity
