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SSC GD 2021 PYQ — Question 36

SSC GD Constable (English) - 26th November 2021 Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q36

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Queen Victoria's Proclamation declared that thereafter India would be governed by
and in the name of the British Monarch through a Secretary of State on:

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. 1 November, 1858.

  • Queen Victoria's Proclamation declared that thereafter India would be governed by and in the name of the British Monarch through a Secretary of State on 1 November, 1858.
  • In 1877, Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister, had Queen Victoria proclaimed as Empress of India.
  • India was already under crown control after 1858, but this title was a gesture to link the monarchy with the empire further and bind India more closely to Britain.