Governors-General and Viceroys of India and Their Policies

Attempt the quiz above first, then review every question with its correct answer and a short explanation below.

1. Q1.Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?

   • A.Lord Cornwallis
   • B.Warren Hastings✓ Correct Answer
   • C.Lord Clive
   • D.Lord Wellesley

   Explanation: The Regulating Act of 1773 created the post.

2. Q2.Who was the first Governor-General of India (1833)?

   • A.Warren Hastings
   • B.Lord Cornwallis
   • C.Lord William Bentinck✓ Correct Answer
   • D.Lord Canning

   Explanation: The Charter Act of 1833 converted the post.

3. Q3.Who was the first Viceroy of India?

   • A.Lord Dalhousie
   • B.Lord Lawrence
   • C.Lord Ripon
   • D.Lord Canning✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: He became Viceroy in 1858 after the Government of India Act.

4. Q4.Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?

   • A.Lord Wellesley
   • B.Lord Bentinck
   • C.Lord Dalhousie✓ Correct Answer
   • D.Lord Curzon

   Explanation: Satara and Jhansi were annexed under it.

5. Q5.The last Viceroy and first Governor-General of free India was:

   • A.C. Rajagopalachari
   • B.Lord Wavell
   • C.Lord Mountbatten✓ Correct Answer
   • D.Lord Irwin

   Explanation: He served from 1947 to 1948.

6. Q6.The only Indian to serve as Governor-General of independent India was:

   • A.C. Rajagopalachari✓ Correct Answer
   • B.Rajendra Prasad
   • C.Jawaharlal Nehru
   • D.Sardar Patel

   Explanation: He held office from 1948 to 1950.

7. Q7.The Permanent Settlement of Bengal (1793) was introduced by:

   • A.Warren Hastings
   • B.Lord Cornwallis✓ Correct Answer
   • C.Lord Wellesley
   • D.Lord Bentinck

   Explanation: He is also called the father of civil services in India.

8. Q8.The Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by:

   • A.Lord Cornwallis
   • B.Lord Dalhousie
   • C.Lord Hastings
   • D.Lord Wellesley✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: Hyderabad was the first state to accept it.

9. Q9.The practice of sati was abolished in 1829 under:

   • A.Lord Dalhousie
   • B.Lord Canning
   • C.Lord William Bentinck✓ Correct Answer
   • D.Lord Cornwallis

   Explanation: Raja Ram Mohan Roy supported the move.

10. Q10.The first railway line in India (Bombay to Thane) was opened in 1853 under:

    • A.Lord Canning
    • B.Lord Lytton
    • C.Lord Curzon
    • D.Lord Dalhousie✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: He also introduced the telegraph and postal reforms.

11. Q11.The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was passed under:

    • A.Lord Lytton✓ Correct Answer
    • B.Lord Ripon
    • C.Lord Curzon
    • D.Lord Mayo

    Explanation: Lord Ripon repealed it in 1882.

12. Q12.Which Viceroy is known as the "Father of Local Self-Government in India"?

    • A.Lord Ripon✓ Correct Answer
    • B.Lord Mayo
    • C.Lord Curzon
    • D.Lord Lytton

    Explanation: His 1882 resolution encouraged local boards.

13. Q13.The Indian Universities Act of 1904 was passed under:

    • A.Lord Minto
    • B.Lord Curzon✓ Correct Answer
    • C.Lord Hardinge
    • D.Lord Ripon

    Explanation: Curzon also created the Archaeological Survey reforms.

14. Q14.The Government of India Act 1919 was passed during the viceroyalty of:

    • A.Lord Reading
    • B.Lord Chelmsford✓ Correct Answer
    • C.Lord Irwin
    • D.Lord Willingdon

    Explanation: Jallianwala Bagh also occurred during his tenure.

15. Q15.The longest-serving Viceroy of India (1936-1943) was:

    • A.Lord Wavell
    • B.Lord Irwin
    • C.Lord Willingdon
    • D.Lord Linlithgow✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: He took India into World War II without consulting Indians.

16. Q16.During whose tenure as Governor-General did the Revolt of 1857 break out?

    • A.Lord Canning✓ Correct Answer
    • B.Lord Dalhousie
    • C.Lord Lawrence
    • D.Lord Mayo

    Explanation: Dalhousie had left the post in 1856.

17. Q17.Which Viceroy was assassinated in the Andaman Islands in 1872?

    • A.Lord Lytton
    • B.Lord Mayo✓ Correct Answer
    • C.Lord Northbrook
    • D.Lord Lawrence

    Explanation: A convict named Sher Ali killed him.

18. Q18.The Partition of Bengal of 1905 and the creation of the North-West Frontier Province (1901) were by:

    • A.Lord Minto
    • B.Lord Elgin
    • C.Lord Lansdowne
    • D.Lord Curzon✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: Curzon served as Viceroy from 1899 to 1905.

19. Q19.The Regulating Act of 1773 first designated the Governor of Bengal as:

    • A.Governor-General of Bengal✓ Correct Answer
    • B.Viceroy of India
    • C.Governor-General of India
    • D.Resident of Bengal

    Explanation: It also set up a Supreme Court at Calcutta.

20. Q20.The Delhi Durbar of 1911 was held during the viceroyalty of:

    • A.Lord Minto
    • B.Lord Curzon
    • C.Lord Hardinge✓ Correct Answer
    • D.Lord Chelmsford

    Explanation: King George V and Queen Mary attended it.