Q. Which of the following funds constituted home charges?
1. Funds used to support the India office in London.
2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India.
3. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
Notes: Home charges included the expenses for the functioning of the India office in London. These charges also constituted the interest on the public debt which was raised in England at higher rates, the annuities for railway and irrigation, and for the payments to the civil departments, where the English people were appointed. Home charges so sent were also used to wage any wars outside India by the Englishmen.

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