Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List – I: A. Indian Arm Act, B. Royal Title Act, C. Indian High Court Act, D. Indian Divorce Act
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Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List – I: A. Indian Arm Act, B. Royal Title Act, C. Indian High Court Act, D. Indian Divorce Act
List – II: 1. 1876, 2. 1878, 3. 1869, 4. 1861

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Correct — D, A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3. The Indian Arms Act was enacted in 1878 (A-2), the Royal Titles Act in 1876 (B-1), the Indian High Courts Act in 1861 (C-4), and the Indian Divorce Act in 1869 (D-3). Only option (d) maps all four correctly: Arms Act → 1878, Royal Titles Act → 1876, High Courts Act → 1861, Divorce Act → 1869.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Gets the Arms Act right (1878) but wrongly dates the Royal Titles Act to 1869, the High Courts Act to 1876 and the Divorce Act to 1861 — the correct years are 1876, 1861 and 1869 respectively.  (b) Only the Royal Titles Act (1876) is placed correctly; the Arms Act is wrongly dated 1869 (it was 1878) and the High Courts Act 1878 (it was 1861).  (c) Every pair is wrong — it dates the Arms Act to 1876, Royal Titles to 1878, High Courts to 1869 and Divorce to 1861, whereas the correct years are 1878, 1876, 1861 and 1869.

Concept: This tests the dates of four well-known colonial-era statutes. Two were part of Lord Lytton's repressive turn: the Indian Arms Act, 1878 (restricted Indians from keeping arms while exempting Europeans) alongside the Vernacular Press Act of the same year. The Royal Titles Act, 1876 made Queen Victoria 'Empress of India' (proclaimed at the 1877 Delhi Durbar), the Indian High Courts Act, 1861 created High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, and the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 governed matrimonial law for Christians.

State PCS 2020 Q20 — History PYQ with Answer

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