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When a Royal Commission was set up to investigate the failure of the Poor Law system?

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  1. 1929

  2. 1830

  3. 1832

  4. 1837

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following is true regarding the new Poor Law passed after the investigation of the Royal Commission?

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  1. It was passed in 1834 and it set up a new system

  2. Parishes were combined into unions and each Poor Law union built a workhouse.

  3. To receive help, the poor would have to go and live in the workhouse.

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

When did the merchants trading with West Indies clubbed together to fund a river police force at Wapping?

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  1. 1798

  2. 1810

  3. 1812

  4. 1822

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Merchants were losing an estimated £500,000 (equivalent to £50.9 million in 2019) of stolen cargo annually from the Pool of London on the River Thames by the late 1790s. A plan was devised to curb the problem in 1797 by an Essex Justice of the Peace and master mariner, John Harriot, who joined forces with Patrick Colquhoun and utilitarian philosopher, Jeremy Bentham. Armed with Harriot's proposal and Bentham's insights, Colquhoun was able to persuade the West India Planters Committees and the West India Merchants to fund the new force. They agreed to a one-year trial and on 2 July 1798, after receiving government permission, the Thames River Police began operating with Colquhoun as Superintending Magistrate and Harriot the Resident Magistrate. Hence, Option A is correct. 

Who set up the Bow Street Runners?

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  1. Henry Fielding

  2. Thomas de Veil

  3. William Penny Brookes

  4. John Wilkes

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Correct Option: A

What was the role of Bow Street horse patrol?

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  1. They were intended to collect the taxes from travellers

  2. Their job was to track down the criminals in cities

  3. They were intended to stop the highwaymen from robbing travellers

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: C

What was the job of Bow Street Runners?

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  1. To track down the criminals

  2. To track the epidemics

  3. To provide the jobs the workers

  4. To provide shelter facility to the poor people

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Correct Option: A

The workhouses were designed to hold how many people?

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  1. 300 to 500

  2. 4000 to 5000

  3. 7000 to 9000

  4. 10000 to 15000

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
By the middle of the 18th Century, many members of the English gentry were worried about the rising number of paupers - their concerns no doubt fanned by the events of the French revolution across the Channel.

A broad consensus emerged: merging 20 or 30 parishes into “incorporations” - creating a more cost-effective solution. This was the birth of the enormous workhouses that could host 300-500 poor folk. They became known as houses of industry. Hence, Option A is correct. Among the rest, none of these figures correspond to the official figure, hence, incorrect. 

Who was responsible for law and order in the eighteenth century in England?

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  1. Parish constables

  2. Parish nightwatchmen

  3. Both A and B

  4. Neither A nor B

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Correct Option: C

Who built and ran the Poor Law union under the 1834 Poor Law Act?

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  1. Overseer

  2. Board of guardians

  3. British parliament

  4. The Queen of England

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Correct Option: B

Why did the reformers want to stop prisoners from mixing?

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  1. They felt this led to more crime as criminals learned from each other

  2. They felt this could lead to the prison break

  3. They felt this could lead a prison riot

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
A separate system is a form of prison management based on the principle of keeping prisoners in solitary confinement. When first introduced in the early 19th century, the objective of such a prison or "penitentiary" was that of penance by the prisoners through silent reflection upon their crimes and behavior, as much as that of prison security. More commonly, however, the term "separate system" is used to refer to a specific type of prison architecture built to support such a system. The Penitentiary Act which passed in 1779 following John Howard's agitation introduced solitary confinement, religious instruction, and a labor regime and proposed two state penitentiaries, one for men and one for women. Designers of these penal institutions drew heavily on monastic solitary confinement to both destroy the identity of the inmate (and thus make him easier to control) and to crush the "criminal subculture" that flourished in densely populated prisons.

Prisoners incarcerated in separate system prisons were reduced to numbers, their names, faces, and past histories eliminated. The guards and warders charged with overseeing these prisoners knew neither their names nor their crimes and were prohibited from speaking to them. Prisoners were hooded upon exiting a cell and even wore felted shoes to muffle their footsteps. The result was dumb obedience and passive disorientation that shattered the "criminal community." Hence, Option A is correct. Among the rest, escape from prisons(prison break) or prison riot was possible only if the prisoners mixed together, and was not desirable to the reformers, hence, incorrect.