Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Viceroys of India | Period | ||
| (A) | Lord Curzon | (I) | 1869-1872 |
| (B) | Lord Irwin | (II) | 1898-1904 |
| (C) | Lord Canning | (III) | 1926-1931 |
| (D) | Lord Mayo | (IV) | 1858-1862 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
(A) Lord Curzon — this matches (II) 1898-1904. His term saw the Partition of Bengal (1905).
(B) Lord Irwin — this matches (III) 1926-1931. His years saw the Simon Commission, the Dandi March and the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931.
(C) Lord Canning — this matches (IV) 1858-1862. Canning became the first Viceroy in 1858, when the Crown took over from the East India Company after the revolt of 1857.
(D) Lord Mayo — this matches (I) 1869-1872. Mayo began financial decentralisation and the first census (1872), and was assassinated in the Andaman Islands in 1872.
Note: The paper gives Lord Curzon’s period as 1898-1904. He was appointed in 1898 and took office in January 1899; his first term ran to 1904, and after a second appointment he stayed until November 1905. The match is not affected, since only (II) falls at the turn of the century.