GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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INDIAN HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the Act made the governor of Bengal as Governor General of India?
A
Pitt’s India Act, AD 1784
B
The charter Act, 1813 AD
C
Charter Act, 1793 AD
D
The Regulating Act, AD 1773
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Governor-General of Bengal was made Governor-General of India through the Charter Act of 1833.

Detailed explanation-2: -It prohibited the servants of company from engaging in any private trade or accepting presents or bribes from the “natives". The Act elevated Governor of Bengal, Warren Hastings to Governor-General of Bengal and subsumed the presidencies of Madras and Bombay under Bengal’s control.

Detailed explanation-3: -Regulating Act, (1773), legislation passed by the British Parliament for the regulation of the British East India Company’s Indian territories, mainly in Bengal.

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