History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET November 2017 History
What was not true about the 'Statutory Civil Service' introduced in 1880?
AAppointments were generally limited to young men of good family and social position.
BThe proportion of this service was not to exceed one-sixth of the total number of covenanted civil servants appointed in any year.
CThe appointments to this service were to be by nomination.
DThis service provided an element of finality and did justice to the claims of Indians for employment to higher posts. ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) This service provided an element of finality and did justice to the claims of Indians for employment to higher posts. — The statement that it provided finality and did justice to Indians is not true, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The statement that it provided finality and did justice to Indians is not true, so that is the answer.
★The Statutory Civil Service was introduced in 1878-79 by Lytton.
★Under it one-sixth of the vacancies were to be nominated from high-status Indian families.
★But the members of this service had lower status and lower salary.
★So it did not really do justice to the claims of Indians for higher posts.
★This made it a subject of criticism.
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