Multiple choice

Who is the last Viceroy of India?

  1. Lord Wavell

  2. Lord Canning

  3. Lord Mountbatten

  4. Robert Clive
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Explanation

Lord Mountbatten served as the last Viceroy of India from 1947-1948 and oversaw the partition of India. He remained as the first Governor-General of independent India until 1948. Lord Wavell preceded him as Viceroy, Lord Canning was the first Viceroy, and Robert Clive was an earlier colonial administrator in the 1700s.

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