Question

The Indian Civil Service Examination was thrown open to all by the Act of
A. 1853
B. 1858
C. 1813
D. 1784

Answer 1

Hint: By the same act the charter was not renewed for 20 years and it also reduced the number of members of the Court of Directors from 24 to 18. Earlier the Civil Services examination used to happen only for the Britishers and it was only conducted in London.

Complete answer: The Charter Act of 1853 gave birth to the Indian civil services and was open to all, including Indians. This tried to end the system of appointments made by recommendation. This Charter started a system of open and fair competition.
This act removed the right of patronage to appointments in civil service held by the Court of Directors and the appointment was to be done only by open competition based on merit.
By this act for the first time the legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General’s council were separated. It served as the foundation of the modern parliamentary form of government as the legislative wing of the Governor-General’s Council acted as a parliament on the model of the British Parliament.
The East India Company’s influence was further reduced by this act and the Board of Directors now had 6 members who were nominated by the Crown.By this act for the first time local representation was introduced into the legislative council.

Therefore the correct answer is option A.


Note: Macaulay Committee of 1854 gave India her first civil services and the report recommended that only the “fittest” be selected to the ICS.