Multiple choice general knowledge

First Viceroy Of India

  1. Lord Ripon

  2. Lord Canning

  3. Lord Mountbatten

  4. Lord William Bentinck
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Explanation

Lord Canning became the first Viceroy in 1858 when the Government of India Act transferred power from the East India Company to the British Crown after the 1857 rebellion. Lord Ripon and Bentinck served earlier as Governors-General, not Viceroys, while Mountbatten was the last Viceroy in 1947.

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