Constitutional Development

Question 1

2 important battles in Buxar.

Answer 1

Battle of Chausa (Humayun & Sher Shah Suri) & Battle of Buxar (Shuja-ud-Daulah, Shah Alam II, Mir Qasim vs Hector Munroe (Headed the army) and Robert Clive)

Question 2

Battle of Buxar aftermath?

Answer 2

Diwani rights of Bengal, Orrisa and Bihar was given to British

Question 3

1st Governor General of Bengal was est under ? Name ?

Answer 3

Regulating Act 1773 ; Lord Warren Hastings

Question 4

Establishment of Supreme Court ? Place?

Answer 4

Under Regulating Act 1773 (est in 1774) ; Calcutta

Question 5

Act of Settlement ?

Answer 5

Amending Act of 1781

Question 6

The act which empowered Governor General in council to frame regulations for the Provincial Courts and Councils.

Answer 6

Amending Act of 1781

Question 7

The Company’s territories were called “British Possessions in India” for the 1st time in which act ?

Answer 7

Pitt’s India Act 1784

Question 8

Board of Control and Court of Directors were established by the Charter Act of 1793. True or False

Answer 8

False (PItt’s India Act 1784)

Question 9

Regulating Act 1773 provisions

Answer 9

1) GG of Bengal (Warren Hastings)
2) Bengal presidency above Bombay and Madras prsidency
3) Supreme Court of Calcutta (1774)
4) Reporting of revenue, civil and military affairs to the Crown