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UPSC 2003: Which one of the following provisions was NOT made in the Charter Act of 1833?
(a)The trading activities of the East India Company were to be abolished
(b)The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor General of India in Council
(c)All law-making powers to be conferred on Governor General in Council
(d)An Indian was to be appointed as a Law Member in the Governor-General’s Council
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (d) An Indian was to be appointed as a Law Member in the Governor-General’s Council
The Charter Act 1833 ended the East India Company’s trade (option a), renamed the head as ‘Governor-General of India’ (option b) and vested all legislative power in his Council (option c). It did add a fourth ‘Law Member’, but the Act never stipulated that the member must be an Indian; the first appointee was T. B. Macaulay. Therefore statement (d) was NOT provided by the Act. ([scribd.com](https://www.scribd.com/document/731911847/2003))
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