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UPPSC PCS 2017 · Question 48 of 149

Who remarked about the East India Company that "The Company is an anomaly but it is part of a system where everything is an anomaly"?

History

  1. AWarren Hastings
  2. BG.B. MacaulayCorrect
  3. CLord Clive
  4. DHenry Dundas

Answer: B. G.B. Macaulay

Explanation

Thomas Babington Macaulay once said, "The Company is an anomaly, but it is a part of a system where everything is an anomaly." After the Charter Act of 1833 was passed, he was elected to the Governor-General Council as the first lawyer from India. He made sure that English grew and prospered in India.

Source: edurev.in UPPSC Prelims 2017 GS Paper I with Answer Key and Solutions

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