Question : In which year did the East India Company cease to work and India was completely taken over by the British Government?
Option 1: 1838
Option 2: 1919
Option 3: 1858
Option 4: 1898
Correct Answer: 1858
Solution : The correct answer is 1858.
The British Government appointed the viceroy directly. Lord Canning served as India's first viceroy. After the Battle of Plassey in 1757, company rule in India officially started and lasted until 1858. The Government of India Act of 1858, which followed the Indian Rebellion of 1857, resulted in the British Crown regaining direct control over India in the form of the new British Raj.
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Question : The British Parliament transferred the powers of the East India Company to the British crown in ________.
Option 1: 1858
Option 2: 1909
Option 3: 1919
Option 4: 1773
Question : British Crown assumed sovereignty over India from the East India Company in the year
Option 1: 1857
Option 2: 1858
Option 3: 1859
Option 4: 1860
Question : The rule of the English East India Company was ended in British India under the Government of India Act,________.
Option 2: 1857
Option 4: 1856
Question : The British Parliament transferred the powers of the East India Company to the British crown in __________.
Option 1: 1856
Option 3: 1854
Question : Which among the following acts established the dual system of control by the British government and the East India Company in India?
Option 1: Pitt's India Act, 1784
Option 2: Montague-Chelmsford Reform (Government of India Act), 1919
Option 3: Charter Act, 1793
Option 4: Charter Act, 1813
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