British in India 1829-58

Question 1

What trading status was given to the East India Company in 1600 and lasted to 1813?

Answer 1

Royal Charter gave them a monopoly on trade in India.

Question 2

Which group ruled India for much of the 16th to 19th centuries whose empire collapse enabled EIC to step in?

Answer 2

Mughals

Question 3

When was the Indian Rebellion?

Answer 3

1857

Question 4

What trading monopolies remained with EIC after 1813 Charter Act?

Answer 4

trade with China and tea

Question 5

When did EIC rule in India end?

Answer 5

1858

Question 6

What Act ended EIC rule in India?

Answer 6

1858 Government of India Act

Question 7

When and how did EIC gain India?

Answer 7

1757 through Battle of Plassey

Question 8

What did the 1773 Regulating Act do?

Answer 8

brought political and administrative functions of EIC under government control

Question 9

What did the 1784 East India Company Act do?

Answer 9

It made EIC a regularised subsidiary of the Crown, so governement had control of commercial interests as well as political/admin functions.

Question 10

When was India’s monopoly on trade with China removed?

Answer 10

Charter Act 1833