During the rule of the East India Company the council of the Governor General of India had ........

Indian Governance and Polity(UPPCS) Evolution and Features of Constitution

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During the rule of the East India Company, the council of the Governor-General of India had

Only Executive responsibilities

Only Legislative responsibilities

Both Executive and Legislative responsibilities

Neither Executive nor Legislative responsibilities and was only an advisory body

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Explanation:

The council had four members of the Council elected by the Court of Directors. The first three members were permitted to participate on all occasions, but the fourth member was only allowed to sit and vote when legislation was being debated. In 1858, the British Crown took over the administration from the East India Company. The council was transformed into the Imperial Legislative Council, and the Court of Directors of the Company which had the power to elect members of the Governor-General's Council ceased to have this power. Instead, the one member who had a vote only on legislative questions came to be appointed by the Sovereign, and the other three members by the Secretary of State for India.