The Governor-General and Viceroy of India was the highest-ranking British official in India from 1773 to 1947. They were responsible for overseeing the administration of India and representing the British Crown.

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Q. Who was the Governor General at the time of the Mutiny of 1857 AD?

 ◉ Richard vessel

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 ◉ Warren hostels

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 ◉ Lord William Bentink

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 ◉ Lord Canning

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Q. The first Governor-General of India was

 ◉ lord canning

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 ◉ lord dalhousie

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 ◉ lord william bentick

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 ◉ Warren Hastings

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Q. Which Governor-General propounded the "Lapse Doctrine"?

 ◉ lord dalhousie

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 ◉ lord curzon

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 ◉ lord lytton

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 ◉ neither of the above

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Q. The last Governor-General of India was-

 ◉ lord mountbatten

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 ◉ lord canning

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 ◉ lord william bentick

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 ◉ lord dalhousie

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Q. Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?

 ◉ Sir John McFarnson

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 ◉ Warren Hastings

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 ◉ Sir John Warroo

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 ◉ Richard valjali

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Q. The Indian Universities Act, 1904 was enacted under the influence of which Viceroy?

 ◉ Warren hastings

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 ◉ lord curzon

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 ◉ Lord Cornwallis

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 ◉ Lord Mountbatten

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Q. During the reign of which Viceroy was the first Industries Act passed?

 ◉ lord ripon

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 ◉ Lord Mountbatten

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 ◉ Lord churchill

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 ◉ None of them

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Q. Which British Viceroy is associated with the partition of Bengal?

 ◉ lord curzon

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 ◉ Lord Mountbetten

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 ◉ Lord Irwin

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 ◉ None of them

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Q. Who was the Viceroy during the partition of Bengal in 1905?

 ◉ lord curzon

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 ◉ Lord Hardinez

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 ◉ Lord Minto

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 ◉ Lord Dufferin

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Q. Who was the first Viceroy of India?

 ◉ Lord Mountbatten

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 ◉ lord canning

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 ◉ Lord Robert Clive

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 ◉ Lord William Benefit

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Q. Who was the last Viceroy of India?

 ◉ Earl Carnwalis

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 ◉ Sir alard clark

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 ◉ lord mountbatten

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 ◉ Lord Canning

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Q. Who was the first Viceroy and Governor General of British India?

 ◉ Governor General

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 ◉ Lorddalhouji

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 ◉ lord canning

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 ◉ Viscount canning

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Q. Who was the first Viceroy of the Portuguese in the East?

 ◉ Governor Muinumulk

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 ◉ francisco-de-almedia

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 ◉ Alphons-de-albuqueck

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 ◉ Vasco da Gama

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Q. The High Courts at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay came into existence during the tenure of which Viceroy?

 ◉ John Lawrence

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 ◉ Herbert Bakers

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 ◉ Sir Edward Lutyenz

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 ◉ Lord Elling

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Q. Who was the last Governor General of the East India Company and the first Viceroy under the Crown?

 ◉ Lord William Bentinck

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 ◉ lord canning

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 ◉ Lord Charles Metcalfe

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 ◉ lord allenborough

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