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Development of civil services - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    Who introduced the system of Civil Service in India?
    1. Lord Hardinge
    2. William Bentinck
    3. Warren hastings
    4. Lord Dalhousie
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  2. Question 2

    SSC CHSL 2021
    The modern Indian police system was established under which Act?
    1. Police Act, 1856
    2. Police Act, 1861
    3. Police Act, 1902
    4. Police Act, 1947
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  3. Question 3

    Fort William College was established in which year?
    1. 1793
    2. 1813
    3. 1820
    4. 1800
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  4. Question 4

    SSC CGL 2022
    Who was the first chairman of the Public Service Commission of India?
    1. Ross Barker
    2. Satyendranath Tagore
    3. Harcourt Butler
    4. John Shore
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  5. Question 5

    SSC CGL 2019
    The first competitive examination for the Indian Civil Service (ICS) was held in:
    1. 1853 in Calcutta
    2. 1855 in London
    3. 1861 in Delhi
    4. 1858 in London
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  6. Question 6

    BPSC Prelims 2018
    The Statutory Civil Service was introduced in India during the Viceroyalty of:
    1. Lord Ripon
    2. Lord Lytton
    3. Lord Dufferin
    4. Lord Curzon
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  7. Question 7

    MPSC Prelims 2017
    What was the main feature of the Statutory Civil Service introduced by Lord Lytton?
    1. Recruitment through open competition held in India.
    2. Nomination of Indians from aristocratic families to certain posts.
    3. Reservation of posts for specific communities.
    4. Lowering the age limit for the competitive examination.
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  8. Question 8

    MPSC Prelims 2018
    The Aitchison Commission recommended the abolition of which service?
    1. Imperial Civil Service
    2. Provincial Civil Service
    3. Statutory Civil Service
    4. Subordinate Civil Service
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  9. Question 9

    NET History 2020
    The first ICS examination held simultaneously in India (Allahabad) and London was in the year:
    1. 1919
    2. 1920
    3. 1921
    4. 1922
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  10. Question 10

    RRB NTPC 2022
    The police system under Cornwallis in 1791 was primarily aimed at:
    1. Revenue collection
    2. Maintaining law and order
    3. Military recruitment
    4. Judicial reforms
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  11. Question 11

    SSC MTS 2021
    Fort William College was established in which city?
    1. Bombay
    2. Calcutta
    3. Madras
    4. Delhi
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  12. Question 12

    UPSC CAPF 2018
    The Statutory Civil Service, introduced in 1878–79, was an initiative of which Viceroy?
    1. Lord Lytton
    2. Lord Ripon
    3. Lord Curzon
    4. Lord Dufferin
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  13. Question 13

    UPSC CAPF 2022
    Who is known as the 'Father of the Indian Civil Service'?
    1. Lord Wellesley
    2. Lord Dalhousie
    3. Lord Cornwallis
    4. Lord Curzon
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  14. Question 14

    The Cornwallis Code of 1793 primarily aimed to:
    1. Promote Indian participation in administration
    2. Codify laws for efficient governance
    3. Establish universities in India
    4. Abolish the Zamindari system
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  15. Question 15

    SSC CGL 2020
    Fort William College was established in 1800 by:
    1. Lord Cornwallis
    2. Lord Dalhousie
    3. Lord Curzon
    4. Lord Wellesley
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  16. Question 16

    SSC CHSL 2021
    The primary objective of Fort William College was to:
    1. Educate Indian elites
    2. Train British civil servants in Indian languages
    3. Promote Western education among Indians
    4. Serve as a missionary institution
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  17. Question 17

    UPSC CDS 2018
    The East India College at Haileybury was established to:
    1. Train Indian civil servants
    2. Educate British merchants
    3. Train British civil servants for the East India Company
    4. Serve as a military academy
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  18. Question 18

    SSC MTS 2022
    Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service (ICS)?
    1. Satyendranath Tagore
    2. Surendranath Banerjee
    3. Rabindranath Tagore
    4. Dadabhai Naoroji
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  19. Question 19

    UPSC NDA 2019
    The Macaulay Committee is associated with which significant reform?
    1. Introduction of the Permanent Settlement
    2. Codification of Indian laws
    3. Introduction of English education in India
    4. Establishment of competitive exams for civil services
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  20. Question 20

    BPSC Prelims 2020
    The Charter Act of 1853 introduced which significant change in civil services recruitment?
    1. Reservation for Indians
    2. Competitive examinations
    3. Direct appointments by the Crown
    4. Decentralization of recruitment
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