Governors General and Viceroys of British India - 6

126.The Viceroy who introduced Budget system in India:
(a) Canning (b) Dufferin
(c) Mayo (d) Curzon
Answer: (a)

127.The Viceroy who ruled for the longest period:
(a) Wellington (b) Irwin (c)
Linlithgo (d) Mayo
Answer: (c)

128.The Viceroy who resigned after the Ilbert Bill controversy:
(a) Dufferin (b) Lytton
(c) Ripon (d) Canning
Answer: (c)

129.The Viceroy who formed the ‘Safety Valve Theory
(a) Canning (b) Mayo
(c) Curzon (d) Dufferin
Answer: (d)

130.Postal System was introduce in 1853 by:
(a) Canning (b) Dalhousie
(c) Dufferin (d) Wellesley
Answer: (b)

131.Who was the Viceroy when the First World War was ended?
(a) Reading (b) Hardinge II
(c) Chelsmsford (d) Minto II
Answer: (c)

132.The only jew to become the Viceroy of India:
(a) Minto II (b) Hardinge II
(c) Chelsmsford (d) Reading
Answer: (d)

133.Who was Popularly known as the ‘Christian Viceroy’?
(a) Wellington (b) Irwin
(c) Wavell (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (b)

134.Who was the first to rule India with the designation of ‘Governor General of India’, which was introduced in 1833 as complete authority all over India was granted?
(a) William Bentick (b) Dalhousie
(c) Canning (d) Hardinge I
Answer: (a)
135.The Viceroy who established two colleges for the education and political training of the Indian Princes:
(a) Dufferin (b) Mayo
(c) Minto (d) Curzon
Answer: (b)

136.Simon Commission was appointed during the reign of:
(a) Hardinge II (b) Chelsmsford
(c) Reading (d) Irwin
Answer: (d)

137.The Viceroy when Sharda Act, which raised the marriageable age, was passed?
(a) Irwin (b) Reading
(c) Chelsmsford (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (a)

138. Who was the Viceroy when Reserve Bank of India was formed in 1935?
(a) Reading (b) Irwin
(c) Wellington (d) Wavell
Answer: (c)

139.The Governor General who laid the foundation of Police force in India:
(a) Cornwallis (b) William Bentick
(c) Dalhousie (d) Wellesley
Answer: (a)

140.The Governor General who ruled for the longest period:
(a) Wellesley (b) Cornwallis
(c) Warren Hastings (d) William Bentick
Answer: (c)

141.The Viceroy who followed ‘Forward Policy’:
(a) Dufferin (b) Ripon
(c) Mayo (d) Lytton
Answer: (d)

142.The Federal Court of India was brought into existence in 1937 during the reign of:
(a) Wavell (b) Reading
(c) Linlithgo (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (c)

143.The Viceroy when the Second World War was started:
(a) Mountbatten (b) Linlithgo
(c) Wavell (d) Reading
Answer: (b)

144.The Viceroy when the Second World War was ended:
(a) Mountbatten (b) Wavell
(c) Reading (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (b)

145.The Viceroy who faced the Famine of 1943?
(a) Wavell (b) Irwin
(c) Chelmsford (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (a)

146.Name the Viceroy who was the supreme commander of the Allied Forces in South East Asia during the Second World War:
(a) Irwin (b) Wavell
(c) Mountbatten (d) Linlithgo
Answer: (c)

147.The Viceroy who headed the interim government assumed office on 2nd September, 1946:
(a) Wavell (b) Linlithgo
(c) Irwin (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (a)

148.The first and last Indian to become the Governor General of independent India:
(a) Mountbatten (b) Rajendraprasad
(c) Rajagopalachari (d) S Radhakrishnan
Answer: (c)

149.The first occupant of ‘Viceregal Palace’:
(a) Reading (b) Irwin (c)
Chelmsford (d) Wellington
Answer: (b)

150.The last Viceroy of British India:
(a) Wavell (b) Linlithgo
(c) Wellington (d) Mountbatten
Answer: (d)

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