By which one of the following Acts was the Governor General of Bengal designated as the Governor General of India?

Answer: D. The Charter Act of 1833 designated the Governor-General of Bengal as Governor-General of India. The Charter Act 1833 was a landmark in British Indian administrative consolidation: - Renamed Governor-General of Bengal (created by Regulating Act 1773 and Pitt's India Act 1784) to GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA - Vested all civil and military authority in him for the entire British Indian territory - Made him head of the four presidencies (Bengal, Madras, Bombay, Agra) - Lord William Bentinck became the FIRST Governor-General of India in 1833 Distractors: (A) Regulating Act 1773 created the post of Governor-General of FORT WILLIAM (Bengal) with Warren Hastings as the first. (B) Pitt's India Act 1784 created the Board of Control but did not change the Governor-General's territorial designation. (C) Charter Act 1793 continued the existing system renewal of EIC charter. Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work Ch 1 / Themes in Indian History Part III.