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The initial idea of recruitment on merit principle can be traced to the:

ALee Commission

BMacaulay Committee

CIslington Commission

DMaxwell Committee

Answer:

B. Macaulay Committee

Read Explanation:

The Macaulay Committee, also known as the Committee on the Indian Civil Service, was appointed in 1854 to establish India's first civil service. The committee's recommendations led to the following changes: 

  • Open competition: Appointments to the civil service were based on merit and open to all. 

  • Removal of patronage: The Court of Directors no longer had the right to appoint civil servants. 

  • Extension of company rule: The company's rule was extended, allowing it to keep Indian territory under the British Crown. 

Related Questions:

Consider the following statements:

  1. The first Public Service Commission in India was set up in the year 1926, on the recommendation of the Lee Commission on the Superior Civil Services in India.

  2. The Government of India Act, 1935, provided for setting up of public service commissions at both the federal and provincial levels.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following are the principal features of the Government of India Act, 1919?

  1. Introduction of diarchy in the executive government of the Provinces.

  2. Introduction of separate communal electorates for Muslims.

  3. Devolution of legislative authority by the Centre to the Provinces.

  4. Expansion and reconstitution of Central and Provincial Legislatures.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Minto – Morley reforms act was in :

Consider the following statements:

  1. Under the Government of India Act, 1919, the Indian Legislature was made more representative and for the first time bicameral.

  2. The Government of India Act, 1935, prescribed a federation taking the Provinces and the Indian States as units.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

താഴെ തന്നിരിക്കുന്നവയിൽ തെറ്റായ പ്രസ്താവന ഏത് ?

1.ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് ഈസ്റ്റിന്ത്യാ കമ്പനിക്ക് കിഴക്കൻ രാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ 15 വർഷത്തേക്ക് വ്യാപാരം നടത്താൻ അനുമതി നൽകിയ ചാപ്റ്റർ ആണ്  റോയൽ ചാർട്ടർ. 

2.ഈസ്റ്റിന്ത്യാ കമ്പനിക്ക് റോയൽ ചാർട്ടർ അനുവദിച്ച ഭരണാധികാരി ജെയിംസ് ഒന്നാമൻ ആണ്