Viceroy | MCQs

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Explanation

Lord Canning was the first viceroy of India

Lord Mountbatten was the last viceroy of India

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Explanation

Lord Canning was the first viceroy of India.

Lord Mountbatten was the last viceroy of India.

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Explanation

Lord Linlithgow was the viceroy of India at the time of Quit India Movement.

Started: Aug 8, 1942

Started from: Bombay 

Launched by: Gandhi

Also known as: August Movement

Demand: To end British rule

Jinnah changed the slogan "Divide and Quit India".

Lord Linlithgow was Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1944

Started by party: Congress

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Explanation

Import duties on British goods to India were abolished by the Viceroy named Lord Lytton.

Lord Lytton was an English politician who served as Viceroy of India from 1876 to1880.

In 1879, Lord Lytton abolished the import duty. 

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Explanation

• In 1858, the territories and assets of the East India Company came under the direct control of the British Crown, and the title of Viceroy was granted to the governor-general of India to reflect the governor-general's new role as the monarch's representative.
• This title was used until British India was partitioned into the two independent dominions of India and Pakistan in 1947.

Explanation

Twenty viceroys ruled India.

Here is the list of Viceroys who ruled India, along with their duration period:

1. Lord Canning (1858–1862)
2. Lord Elgin (1862–1863)
3. Sir John Lawrence (1864–1869)
4. Lord Mayo (1869–1872)
5. Lord Northbrook (1872–1876)
6. Lord Lytton (1876–1880)
7. Lord Ripon (1880–1884)
8. Lord Dufferin (1884–1888)
9. Lord Lansdowne (1888–1894)
10. Lord Elgin II (1894–1899)
11. Lord Curzon (1899–1905)
12. Lord Minto (1905–1910)
13. Lord Hardinge (1910–1916)
14. Lord Chelmsford (1916–1921)
15. Lord Reading (1921–1926)
16. Lord Irwin (1926–1931)
17. Lord Willingdon (1931–1936)
18. Lord Linlithgow (1936–1943)
19. Lord Wavell (1943–1947)
20. Lord Mountbatten (1947)

Explanation

The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947 and resulted in the dissolution of the British Raj, i.e. Crown rule in India. 

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Explanation

• During the time of Lord Ripon, the age limit for civil service was raised from 18 to 21.
• First Factory Act was passed in the year 1881.
• Hunter commission was appointed in the year 1882 for educational reforms.