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The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year

  • A.1833
  • B.1853
  • C.1858
  • D.1882

Answer: B

It was 1853.

The Charter Act of 1853 ended the Company directors' patronage and threw the covenanted civil service open to competition. The Macaulay Committee reported the next year and the first examination was held in 1855, in London.

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