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BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 138

Under the Royal Titles Act, Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India in:

  1. 1875
  2. 1874
  3. 1877
  4. 1876
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Answer: (C) 1877

Explanation

The Royal Titles Act, 1876 gave Victoria the title 'Kaiser-i-Hind', proclaimed at Lord Lytton's Delhi Durbar in 1877.

  • (A) Incorrect

    Wrong: too early.

  • (B) Incorrect

    Wrong: too early.

  • (C) Correct

    Correct: she was proclaimed Empress at the Delhi Durbar on 1 January 1877.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: the Act was passed in 1876; the proclamation came in 1877.