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Governor generals & viceroy - Test Set 4

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  1. Question 1

    Who was the first Viceroy of India?
    1. Lord Canning
    2. Lord Mountbatten
    3. Lord Wavell
    4. Lord Linlithgow
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  2. Question 2

    Which Act introduced the office of the Viceroy of India?
    1. Regulating Act of 1773
    2. Pitt's India Act of 1784
    3. Charter Act of 1793
    4. Government of India Act 1858
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  3. Question 3

    Who was the last Viceroy of India?
    1. Lord Wavell
    2. Lord Mountbatten
    3. Lord Linlithgow
    4. Lord Irwin
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  4. Question 4

    Under which Viceroy was the partition of Bengal carried out?
    1. Lord Minto
    2. Lord Chelmsford
    3. Lord Curzon
    4. Lord Hardinge
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  5. Question 5

    Who was the Viceroy during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
    1. Lord Minto
    2. Lord Chelmsford
    3. Lord Irwin
    4. Lord Hardinge
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  6. Question 6

    Who was the Viceroy during the Simon Commission?
    1. Lord Irwin
    2. Lord Chelmsford
    3. Lord Wavell
    4. Lord Linlithgow
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  7. Question 7

    Under which Viceroy was the Government of India Act 1935 passed?
    1. Lord Wavell
    2. Lord Linlithgow
    3. Lord Irwin
    4. Lord Chelmsford
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  8. Question 8

    WBCS Prelims 2016
    Who was the Viceroy of India when the Quit India Movement started in 1942?
    1. Linlithgow
    2. Wilington
    3. Wavell
    4. Minto
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  9. Question 9

    Under which Viceroy was the Cripps Mission sent to India?
    1. Lord Irwin
    2. Lord Mountbatten
    3. Lord Wavell
    4. Lord Linlithgow
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  10. Question 10

    Which Act introduced the system of Dyarchy in provinces?
    1. Indian Councils Act 1861
    2. Government of India Act 1919
    3. Indian Councils Act 1909
    4. Government of India Act 1935
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  11. Question 11

    Which Act introduced the system of separate electorates for Muslims?
    1. Indian Councils Act 1909
    2. Indian Councils Act 1909
    3. Government of India Act 1919
    4. Government of India Act 1935
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  12. Question 12

    Who was the Viceroy when the Salt March took place?
    1. Lord Chelmsford
    2. Lord Wavell
    3. Lord Irwin
    4. Lord Mountbatten
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  13. Question 13

    Who was the Governor-general of India during the World War-I ?
    1. Lord Linlithgow
    2. Lord Chelmsford
    3. Lord Minto
    4. Lord Hardinge II
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  14. Question 14

    Who was tthe Governor-General when the Ryotwari system was inroduced?
    1. Lord Hastings
    2. Lord Cornwallis
    3. William Bentinck
    4. Lord Dalhousie
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  15. Question 15

    Who is called the father of Civil Service in British india?
    1. Hastings
    2. Wellesley
    3. Dalhousie
    4. Cornwallis
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  16. Question 16

    Warren Hastings became the first Governor-General of Bengal in
    1. 1772
    2. 1773
    3. 1774
    4. 1775
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