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UPSC 2005: Consider the following statements : 1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern 2. A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773. 3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)1 and 2
(b)2 and 3
(c)1 and 3
(d)1, 2 and 3
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) 2 and 3
1 is wrong: the first regular police force on the British model was established by Lord Cornwallis through the Cornwallis Code (1793), not by Warren Hastings.([gktoday.in](https://www.gktoday.in/police-reforms-of-cornwallis/)) 2 is correct because the Regulating Act 1773 set up the Supreme Court at Fort William, Calcutta (opened 1774).([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulating_Act_1773?utm_source=openai)) 3 is treated as correct in UPSC keys; the Indian Penal Code was enacted in 1860 (it formally commenced on 1 January 1862).([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Penal_Code?utm_source=openai)) Therefore only statements 2 and 3 are correct.
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