Discussion
How many council members were appointed under the Regulating Act for assisting the Governor General?
Answer: C
The Regulating Act appointed four council members.
The Regulating Act of 1773 made the Governor of Bengal the Governor General of Bengal and gave him a Council of four members to assist him, so the council had five members in all counting the Governor General. The four were Clavering, Monson, Barwell and Philip Francis.
Two, three and five do not match the number of assisting members under the Act.
The Council was named in the Act itself: Lt. Gen. John Clavering, George Monson, Richard Barwell and Philip Francis. The Governor General had only a casting vote and was often outvoted, a problem later fixed by the Act of 1786. This is why the number of assisting members is four.
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