• The Charter Act of 1833 was the final step towards centralisation in British India.

• It made the Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India and vested in him all civil and military powers. The act created, for the first time, the Government of India having authority over the entire territorial area possessed by the British in India.

• Lord William Bentick was the first Governor-General of India.

• It deprived the Governor of Bombay and Madras of their legislative powers. The Governor-General of India was given exclusive legislative powers for the entire British India.

Hence option (D) is the correct answer.