Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I (Act of the British Parliament) A. The Pitt's India Act, 1784 B. The Charter Act, 1813 C. The Charter Act, 1833 D. The Charter Act, 1853 List-II (Key Provision) 1. Enlargement of the Governor-General's Legislative Council 2. Discrimination against Indians removed in matters of employment and higher service 3. Board set up by the Crown to control affairs of India 4. Termination of monopoly of East India Company over Indian trade Code :

Correct — C, A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1. Pitt's India Act of 1784 created the Board of Control in London, appointed by the Crown, to supervise the Company's civil, military and revenue affairs — the double government that lasted until 1858 — so A goes to 3. The Charter Act of 1813 ended the East India Company's monopoly of trade with India, throwing it open to all British subjects while leaving the tea trade and the China trade with the Company, so B goes to 4. The Charter Act of 1833 carried the anti-discrimination clause declaring that no subject of the Company's territories should be disabled from holding any office by reason of religion, place of birth, descent or colour, so C goes to 2. The Charter Act of 1853 separated the legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General's council and added six legislative members to it, which is the enlargement in item 1, so D goes to 1.

• (a)A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3 — Sends Pitt's India Act to the enlargement of the Legislative Council and the Charter Act of 1853 to the Board of Control, reversing the two ends of the list by nearly seventy years.
• (b)A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3 — Also opens with Pitt's Act paired to the Legislative Council enlargement, which cannot be right — the 1784 Act created a supervisory board in London and did nothing to a legislative council in India.
• (d)A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1 — Gets Pitt's Act and the 1853 Act right but interchanges the middle pair, giving 1813 the anti-discrimination clause and 1833 the end of the Indian trade monopoly. The Indian trade monopoly ended in 1813; what 1833 ended was the remaining China and tea monopoly and the Company's commercial business altogether.

Four Acts, four distinct constitutional moves. Pitt's India Act of 1784 put the Company under a Crown-appointed Board of Control while leaving patronage with the Court of Directors, creating the double government. The Charter Act of 1813 opened Indian trade to British merchants and set aside a lakh of rupees a year for education. The Charter Act of 1833 made the Governor-General of Bengal the Governor-General of India, ended the Company's commercial functions and inserted the clause against discrimination in employment. The Charter Act of 1853 introduced a separate legislative machinery and open competition for the civil service.

Matching items on colonial Acts are won by locking two anchors and letting the rest follow. The safest anchor is Pitt's Act with the Board of Control, because a body 'set up by the Crown to control affairs of India' can only be the 1784 Board; that alone removes two options. The other anchor is the phrase 'monopoly over Indian trade', which is the 1813 formula precisely — 1833 ended the residual China and tea monopoly, not the Indian one. The remaining discrimination between 1833 and 1853 is the classic pair: 1833 is the promise on employment, 1853 is the machinery of legislation and the open competitive examination.

• Pitt's India Act, 1784 created the Crown-appointed Board of Control and the system of double government.
• The Charter Act, 1813 ended the East India Company's monopoly of trade with India, except tea and the China trade.
• The Charter Act, 1833 declared that no Indian should be debarred from office on grounds of religion, birth, descent or colour.
• The Charter Act, 1833 also made the Governor-General of Bengal the Governor-General of India.
• The Charter Act, 1853 separated legislative from executive functions and added six legislative members to the council.

• Reading 'monopoly over Indian trade' as the 1833 Act because 1833 also ended a monopoly.
• Pairing Pitt's India Act with a legislative council, which it never touched.
• Confusing the 1833 promise on employment with its practical realisation decades later.

Asked as a four-pair match on colonial constitutional Acts, solvable by locking the Board of Control to 1784 and the Indian trade monopoly to 1813.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Board of Control to supervise the East India Company's affairs in India was created by

  • (a)The Regulating Act, 1773
  • (b)Pitt's India Act, 1784
  • (c)The Charter Act, 1813
  • (d)The Charter Act, 1833

  Answer(b) Pitt's India Act, 1784 — establishing the system of double government.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Which Act designated the Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India?

  • (a)The Charter Act, 1813
  • (b)The Charter Act, 1833
  • (c)The Charter Act, 1853
  • (d)The Government of India Act, 1858

  Answer(b) The Charter Act, 1833 — which also ended the Company's commercial activities.