Consider the following statements.

1) After 1857, the authority over India was to be wielded by the Secretary of State for India alone (previously held by the directors of the Company and the Board of Control).
2) The Imperial Legislative Council formed as a result to the Indian Councils Act of 1861, possessed the real powers.
Choose the incorrect statement.

Match the following:

List 1
1. Pitts India Act, 1784
2. Indian Council Act, 1892
3. Indian Council Act, 1861
4. Charter Act, 1853
List 2
a. Portfolio system introduced
b. Governors of Bombay and Madras were put in subordination to the Governor General of Fort William
c. Provided for the first time the platform for indirect election
d. Relieved the Governor General from the responsibility

Portfolio system was introduced in viceroy’s executive council by

Which of the following acts enabled the Governor General to nominate the representatives of the Indian public to his extended council with the work of law?

Which of the following statements relating to the Indian Councils Act, 1861 is/are correct?

1) The Act introduced a grain of popular element by including non-official members in the Governor-General’s Executive Council.
2) The members were nominated and their functions were confined exclusively to consideration of legislative proposals placed before it by the Governor-General.
3) The Governor-General did not have effective legislative power.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.