Administrative Organisation and Social and Cultural Policy

Consider the following statements with respect to the Civil Services reforms initiated by Lord Cornwallis:
1. He significantly enhanced the salary of civil servants so as to dissuade them from
corruption and private trade.
2. He set up the Fort William College in Calcutta to impart training to the young
recruits to the civil services.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In which of the following acts it was provided that all the appointments to the Civil Services of the government of British – India will be made through a competitive examination open to all the eligible candidates?

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Assertion (A): After the Charter Act of 1813, the British – Indian government took active steps to transform Indian society and culture.
Reason (R): Industrial capitalism demanded that India be converted into a big market for their goods.

Consider the following statements:
1. William Bentinck passed Widow Remarriage Act.
2. Hardinge suppressed the practice of making human sacrifices.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
A B
(Institutions) (Founder)
1. Calcutta Madrasah Warren Hastings
2. Banaras Sanskrit College Lord Cornwallis
3. Hailebury College Lord Wellesley
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

The \’Downward Filtration Theory\’ of the British – Indian administration pertained to
which of the following areas?

Which of the following statements is incorrect with respect to the Secretary of State\’s Educational Dispatch of 1854 CE:

For which of the following reasons was the modern education first introduced in India by the British – Indian government?
1. Supply of candidates for low paying jobs in administration.
2. Modernizing Indian society.
3. Reconciling Indians to the foreign rule.
4. Expanding the market for British goods.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

Consider the following statements about the Macaulay\’s “Minute on Indian Education”.
1. Macaulay argued that providing education based on Sanskrit and Arabic in India
helps in for India\’s development.
2. The Minute is based on an idea that English education is not just superior in
\’science\’, but also inculcates superior morals.
Which of the following is correct?

Which one of the following is not a result of the destruction of the Indian handicraft industries by the British?

Consider the following statements in the context of \’Indigo Movement\’:
1. Peasants stopped to pay revenue protesting the forced indigo cultivation.
2. Servants of indigo producers were socially boy – cotted.
3. The intellectual class of Bengal did not support this movement.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Saint Helena Act 1833:
1. It ended the activities of the British East India Company as a commercial body
and became a purely administrative body.
2. The act of 1833 is considered to be an attempt to codify all the Indian Laws.
3. Act of 1833, declared that merit was to be the basis for employment in
Government Services.
Choose the correct statement:

The Government of India Act 1858, known as the Act for the Good Government of India Consider the following statements :
1. Abolition of Board of Control and Court of Directors.
2. Governor General of India was given the additional post of Viceroy.
3. Charles Wood was made first secretary of State.
Choose the correct statement:

Which of the following related to Indianization of Civil Services is not correct?

The commercialization of Indian agriculture started post 1813 when the industrial revolution in England gained pace. Consider the following statements:
1. The commercialization of Indian Agriculture took place to feed the industries of
India.
2. Commercialization of agriculture encouraged growth of land market.
Choose the correct statement:

The constant flow of wealth from India to England for which India did not get an adequate economic, commercial or material return has been described by Indian national leaders and economists as \’drain\’ of wealth from India. Consider the following statements:
1. Drain of wealth from India to England started after 1757.
2. The Drain of Wealth theory was systemically initiated by Dadabhai Naoroji in
1867.
Choose the correct statement:

Land revenue formed the major revenue for the British administration in India. Which of the following is/are not the objectives of revenue policy?