2005 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2005 · General Studies

Question 24: History and Culture

Consider the following statements :

  1. 1.Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern
  2. 2.A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.
  3. 3.The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a1 and 2
b2 and 3
c1 and 3
d1, 2 and 3

AnswerThe answer is (b).

Statement 1 is wrong: the regular police on the British pattern came under Cornwallis, who placed district police under magistrates and daroghas, not under Warren Hastings. Statement 2 is right: the Regulating Act, 1773 provided for a Supreme Court at Calcutta, which began work in 1774. Statement 3 is accepted: the Indian Penal Code dates from 1860, although it came into force on 1 January 1862.

  • 1. Cornwallis organised the regular police system in 1791.
  • 2. The Regulating Act, 1773 created the Supreme Court at Calcutta.
  • 3. The IPC is a law of 1860, treated as correct by the key.

How you could have got this

  1. If you were sure statement 1 is not correct, (a), (c) and (d) go: each of them includes 1.

    What you needed to know: Cornwallis organised the regular police system in 1791.

Only (b) is left. You didn’t need statements 2 or 3.

This follows an unofficial answer: UPSC has not published its key for this year, and if that answer is wrong, so is this path.

Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Statement 1 is false: Cornwallis, not Hastings, built the police system.
  • (b) Correct per the key: statements 2 and 3.
  • (c) Includes statement 1, which is false, and drops statement 2.
  • (d) Includes statement 1, which is false.

Worth knowing: Strictly, the Indian Penal Code was passed in 1860 but came into force on 1 January 1862; the question treats 1860 as correct.

Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2005, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.