By which one of the following Acts was the Governor General of Bengal designated as the Governor General of India?
AThe Regulating Act
BThe Pitt's India Act
CThe Charter Act of 1793
DThe Charter Act of 1833
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. The Charter Act of 1833
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: NCERT Class 11 Indian Constitution at Work Ch 1 / Themes in Indian History Part III.
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