UPSC History Expansion Company and Bengal Nawabs Question Bank East India Company and Regional Powers

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    Cornwallis code of 1793 separated

    A)  Revenue collection for administration of civil justice

    B)  Civil administration from judicial administration

    C)  The Bengal administration from central administration

    D)  The civil administration from military administration

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     Cornwallis code of 1793 separated civil administration from judicial administration. The greatest work of Cornwallis was the purification of the civil service by the employment of capable and honest public servants. He aimed at economy, simplification and purity. Another major reform that Cornwallis introduced was the separation of the three branches of sender, namely commercial Judicial and revenue.


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