Multiple choice

Who was the first British Governor General of independent India?

  1. General K.M. Cariappa

  2. Warren Hastings

  3. Lord Mountbatten

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of British India and became the first Governor-General of independent India in 1947. Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Fort William much earlier (1773-1785), and General Cariappa was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army.

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