Quiz on Governor General and Viceroy of India

Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?

• Lord Cornwallis

• Robert Clive

• Sir John Shore

• Warren Hastings

Which Governor General is known as the 'Father of Indian Railways'?

• Lord Wellesley

• Lord Curzon

• Lord Dalhousie

• Lord Ripon

Under whose reign was the Permanent Settlement system implemented in India?

• Lord Ripon

• Lord Wellesley

• Lord Cornwallis

• Lord Dalhousie

Who was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement?

• Lord Irwin

• Lord Wellington

• Lord Linlithgow

• Lord Mountbatten

Which Viceroy announced the partition of Bengal in 1905?

• Lord Lansdowne

• Lord Curzon

• Lord Dufferin

• Lord Ripon

Who was the Governor General of India when the Simon Commission visited India?

• Lord Wellington

• Lord Irwin

• Lord Reading

• Lord Chelmsford

Which Governor General established the Indian National Register of Historic Places?

• Lord Curzon

• Lord Hardinge II

• Lord Minto II

• Lord Ripon

During whose time did the first Anglo-Sikh War take place?

• Lord Dalhousie

• Lord Hardinge

• Lord Canning

• Lord Wellesley

Who was the Viceroy of India when the Lahore session of the Muslim League took place in 1940?

• Lord Linlithgow

• Lord Mountbatten

• Lord Wellington

• Lord Irwin

Which Governor General was responsible for the establishment of the Public Works Department in India?

• Lord Cornwallis

• Lord Dalhousie

• Lord Wellesley

• Lord Ripon