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Governor generals & viceroy - Test Set 2

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  1. Question 1

    The capital of British India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911 during the tenure of:
    1. Lord Minto II
    2. Lord Hardinge II
    3. Lord Chelmsford
    4. Lord Reading
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  2. Question 2

    The annulment of the Partition of Bengal was announced in 1911 during the viceroyalty of:
    1. Lord Minto II
    2. Lord Chelmsford
    3. Lord Hardinge II
    4. Lord Reading
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  3. Question 3

    The Lucknow Pact (1916) between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League was signed during the tenure of which Viceroy?
    1. Lord Hardinge II
    2. Lord Reading
    3. Lord Irwin
    4. Lord Chelmsford
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  4. Question 4

    The famous Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha) was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930 during the viceroyalty of:
    1. Lord Irwin
    2. Lord Reading
    3. Lord Willingdon
    4. Lord Linlithgow
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  5. Question 5

    Who was the Viceroy of India when World War II broke out in 1939?
    1. Lord Willingdon
    2. Lord Linlithgow
    3. Lord Wavell
    4. Lord Mountbatten
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  6. Question 6

    Who was the last Viceroy of British India and the first Governor-General of independent India?
    1. Lord Wavell
    2. Lord Linlithgow
    3. Lord Mountbatten
    4. C. Rajagopalachari
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  7. Question 7

    Who was the only Indian Governor-General of India?
    1. Jawaharlal Nehru
    2. C. Rajagopalachari
    3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    4. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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  8. Question 8

    Arrange the following Governor-Generals/Viceroys in chronological order:
    1. Lord Curzon,
    2. Lord Hardinge II,
    3. Lord Chelmsford,
    4. Lord Irwin
    1. 1, 2, 3, 4
    2. 2, 1, 3, 4
    3. 1, 3, 2, 4
    4. 2, 3, 1, 4
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  9. Question 9

    Slavery was abolished in India during the tenure of which Governor-General?
    1. Lord Hardinge I
    2. Lord Auckland
    3. Lord Ellenborough
    4. Lord Dalhousie
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  10. Question 10

    Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
    1. Lord Wavell
    2. Lord Mountbatten
    3. C. Rajagopalachari
    4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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  11. Question 11

    Who was the last Governor-General of India?
    1. Lord Wavell
    2. Lord Mountbatten
    3. C. Rajagopalachari
    4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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  12. Question 12

    Who was the first Governor-General of Pakistan?
    1. Aga Khan
    2. M. A. Jinnah
    3. Lord Mountbatten
    4. Sayed Amir Ali
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  13. Question 13

    WBCS Prelims 2017
    Who was the first Governor-General of Pakistan?
    1. Lord Mountbatten
    2. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
    3. Syed Amir Ali
    4. Mohammed Sheikh Abdullah
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  14. Question 14

    Who abolished the Dual Government system in Bengal?
    1. Warren Hastings
    2. Lord Cornwallis
    3. Lord Clive
    4. Lord Wellesley
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  15. Question 15

    Which Governor-General abolished Sati?
    1. Lord Cornwallis
    2. Lord William Bentinck
    3. Lord Dalhousie
    4. Lord Wellesley
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  16. Question 16

    Who was the only Governor-General of India to be impeached by the British Parliament?
    1. Lord Dalhousie
    2. Lord Cornwallis
    3. Warren Hastings
    4. Lord Wellesley
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  17. Question 17

    Who was the Governor-General of Bengal during the First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782)?
    1. Lord Cornwallis
    2. Warren Hastings
    3. Lord Wellesley
    4. Lord Minto
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  18. Question 18

    Which British Governor-General introduced the 'Sunset Law' during British rule in India?
    1. Lord Cornwallis
    2. Lord Wellesley
    3. Warren Hastings
    4. Lord William Bentinck
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  19. Question 19

    Who among the following was appointed as the Governor-General twice?
    1. Lord Wellesley
    2. Lord Minto
    3. Lord Cornwallis
    4. Lord Curzon
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  20. Question 20

    Who was the Governor-General of India during the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826)?
    1. Lord Hastings
    2. Lord Amherst
    3. Lord William Bentinck
    4. Lord Cornwallis
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