The role of the East India Company and the Governor General; the importance of Bengal and the Company Army

Question 1

From which year did the East India Company act as a regularised subsidiary of the Crown?

Answer 1

1786

Question 2

In which year was the first act passed that removed the East India Company’s monopoly on Indian trade, only leaving the trade in tea with China?

Answer 2

1813

Question 3

When was the Second Charter Act passed that removed the monopoly of the East India Company for the trade of tea in China?

Answer 3

1833

Question 4

As a result of the second Charter Act, what did the East India Company do to try and find new source of income?

Answer 4

Increasingly involved in the civil administration and tax collection

Question 5

Where did the administrative power reside during the East India Company Administration?

Answer 5

Calcutta

Question 6

By which year was the entire Indo-Gangetic Plain under East India Company control?

Answer 6

1818

Question 7

Where were the three presidencies for the East India Company in India?

Answer 7

Bengal, Madras, Bombay

Question 8

In which years were acts passed by government to establish the relationship between the East India Company?

Answer 8

1773, 1784 and 1786

Question 9

What did the Regulating Act of 1773 do in regards to the East India Company?

Answer 9

Established a governing council of five, two from the company, 3 from government; appointment of governor generals chosen by council of 4 crown appointees

Question 10

What was established in the 1784 Act for the East India Company?

Answer 10

Made the East India Company subordinate to the Crown and a further regulatory company, the Board of Control (made up of the Chancellor, Secretary of State for India and four privy councillors)

Question 11

What did the 1786 Act do?

Answer 11

Enable the Governor General to overrule the council

Question 12

When was the Charter Act that removed the East India Company’s monopoly of trade and gave provisions for the education of Indians?

Answer 12

1813

Question 13

When was the Act passed which ended the Company’s commercial activities and reorganised the administrative system in British territories, making the Governor of Bombay the Governor General of India?

Answer 13

1833

Question 14

Who was the Governor General of India in 1833?

Answer 14

Sir William Bentwick

Question 15

What was the number of troops in 1820 for the three presidency armies?

Answer 15

200,000

Question 16

By 1857, what number of the 277,746 soldiers in the Indian army were European, the rest being sepoys?

Answer 16

45,522

Question 17

How much territory did the East India Company control in 1800?

Answer 17

243,000

Question 18

Which areas were the East India Company able to annex between 1823 and 1826?

Answer 18

Assam, Manipur and Cacher

Question 19

When was the first Afghan war?

Answer 19

1838 to 1842

Question 20

How many lives were lost in the first Afghan War and how much was spent?

Answer 20

20,000 lives and £15 million

Question 21

When was Sind formally annexed?

Answer 21

1843

Question 22

When was the Battle of Plessey?

Answer 22

1757

Question 23

What was Lord Cornwallis able to establish that laid down the structure of Indian government for the next two hundred years?

Answer 23

Code of Regulations

Question 24

How large was the Bengal presidency army compared to the other armies?

Answer 24

Twice the size of the other armies

Question 25

Which province were sepoys commonly from?

Answer 25

Awadh