Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following characteristics of a political association:

  • It resulted from the merger of two earlier organisations in 1851.
  • It petitioned the British Parliament during the renewal of the East India Company’s Charter.
  • It demanded a popular legislature and separation of executive and judicial functions.
  • Some of its proposals received limited recognition in the Charter Act of 1853.

Which one of the following associations is described above?

  1. British Indian Association
  2. Indian Association of Calcutta
  3. East India Association
  4. Bombay Presidency Association
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