Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

General Awareness

Question:

Which Viceroy announced Partition of Bengal?

Options:

Lord Curzon

Lord Harding

Lord Minto

Lord Canning

Correct Answer:

Lord Curzon

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) - Lord Curzon

The partition of Bengal, (1905), division of Bengal was carried out by the British viceroy in India, Lord Curzon, despite strong Indian nationalist opposition. It began a transformation of the Indian National Congress from a middle-class pressure group into a nationwide mass movement