Here are 50 most important questions on Viceroys of India and their Reforms with one or two-word answers, useful for competitive exams.
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1. Lord Canning (1856–1862)
1. Who was the first Viceroy of India? → Lord Canning
2. During whose tenure did the Revolt of 1857 take place? → Lord Canning
3. Which act transferred power from the East India Company to the British Crown? → Government of India Act, 1858
4. Who introduced the Indian Penal Code (IPC)? → Lord Canning
5. Who withdrew the Doctrine of Lapse? → Lord Canning
6. Who introduced the Portfolio System in India? → Lord Canning
7. Who started the Post Office Act of 1854? → Lord Canning
8. Under which viceroy were the Universities of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay established? → Lord Canning
2. Lord Elgin I (1862–1863)
9. Who was the first Viceroy to die in office? → Lord Elgin
3. Lord Lawrence (1864–1869)
10. Who introduced the Punjab Land Alienation Act? → Lord Lawrence
11. Who established the High Courts in India? → Lord Lawrence
4. Lord Mayo (1869–1872)
12. Which viceroy introduced the first Census of India? → Lord Mayo
13. Who introduced financial decentralization in India? → Lord Mayo
14. Which viceroy was assassinated in the Andaman Islands? → Lord Mayo
5. Lord Northbrook (1872–1876)
15. Who was the viceroy during the famine of Bihar and Bengal? → Lord Northbrook
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6. Lord Lytton (1876–1880)
16. Who organized the Delhi Durbar of 1877? → Lord Lytton
17. Which act restricted the freedom of the Indian press in 1878? → Vernacular Press Act
18. Who introduced the Arms Act of 1878? → Lord Lytton
19. During whose tenure did the Second Anglo-Afghan War take place? → Lord Lytton
7. Lord Ripon (1880–1884)
20. Who is known as the "Father of Local Self-Government in India"? → Lord Ripon
21. Who repealed the Vernacular Press Act? → Lord Ripon
22. Which act introduced Local Self-Government in India? → Ripon’s Local Self-Government Act, 1882
23. Who introduced the Ilbert Bill? → Lord Ripon
8. Lord Dufferin (1884–1888)
24. During whose tenure was the Indian National Congress founded in 1885? → Lord Dufferin
9. Lord Lansdowne (1888–1894)
25. Which viceroy introduced the Indian Councils Act of 1892? → Lord Lansdowne
26. Under whose tenure was the Durand Line Agreement signed in 1893? → Lord Lansdowne
10. Lord Elgin II (1894–1899)
27. Who was the viceroy during the 1896 famine? → Lord Elgin Il
11. Lord Curzon (1899–1905)
28. Who partitioned Bengal in 1905? → Lord Curzon
29. Who established the Archaeological Survey of India? → Lord Curzon
30. Who introduced the Indian Universities Act of 1904? → Lord Curzon
31. Who introduced the Police Commission in India? → Lord Curzon
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12. Lord Minto II (1905–1910)
32. Who introduced the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909? → Lord Minto II
33. Which act introduced separate electorates for Muslims? → Indian Councils Act, 1909
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13. Lord Hardinge II (1910–1916)
34. Who annulled the Partition of Bengal in 1911? → Lord Hardinge II
35. Who shifted the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi? → Lord Hardinge II
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14. Lord Chelmsford (1916–1921)
36. During whose tenure was the Rowlatt Act of 1919 introduced? → Lord Chelmsford
37. Who was the viceroy during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre? → Lord Chelmsford
38. Under whose tenure was the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms introduced? → Lord Chelmsford
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15. Lord Reading (1921–1926)
39. Who withdrew the Rowlatt Act? → Lord Reading
40. Who released Mahatma Gandhi from prison in 1924? → Lord Reading
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16. Lord Irwin (1926–1931)
41. Who signed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact in 1931? → Lord Irwin
42. Who was the viceroy during the First Round Table Conference in 1930? → Lord Irwin
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17. Lord Willingdon (1931–1936)
43. Who introduced the Communal Award of 1932? → Lord Willingdon
44. Who was the viceroy during the Civil Disobedience Movement? → Lord Willingdon
18. Lord Linlithgow (1936–1943)
45. Who was the longest-serving Viceroy of India? → Lord Linlithgow
46. Who was the viceroy during the Quit India Movement of 1942? → Lord Linlithgow
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19. Lord Wavell (1943–1947)
47. Who started the Wavell Plan of 1945? → Lord Wavell
48. Who was the viceroy during the Cabinet Mission Plan? → Lord Wavell
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20. Lord Mountbatten (1947)
49. Who was the last Viceroy of India? → Lord Mountbatten
50. Who announced the Partition Plan of India in 1947? → Lord Mountbatten
