Which one of the following provisions was not made in the Charter Act of 1833 ........

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Which one of the following provisions was not made in the Charter Act of 1833?

The East India Company was to stop trading activities and was to function as an administrative body

The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor-General of India

All legislative powers were given in the hands of the governor general of India-in-council.

An Indian was to be appointed as a Law Member in the Governor-General’s Council

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Explanation:

4th option is incorrect.
The Indian Councils Act 1909 empowered the Governor General to nominate one Indian member to the Executive Council leading to the appointment of Satyendra Prasanno Sinha as the first Indian member. The Government of India Act 1919 increased the number of Indians in the council to three.
Law Members: Satyendra Prasanno Sinha (1909–1914), P. S. Sivaswami Iyer (1912–1917), Syed Ali Imam, Muhammad Shafi (1924–1928), Tej Bahadur Sapru (1920–1923), Satish Ranjan Das, Brojendra Mitter (1931–1934), Nripendra Nath Sircar (1934–1939), Bepin Behary Ghose (1933), Nalini Ranjan Chatterjee