Put the following Viceroys of India in chronological order beginning from the earliest to the latest?
(A) Lord Minto II
(B) Sir John Lawrence
(C) Lord Wavell
(D) Lord Linlithgow
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (A), (D), (C)
Each Viceroy is placed by his term of office.
(B) Sir John Lawrence — 1864-1869. He followed a policy of non-interference in Afghanistan, called “masterly inactivity”.
(A) Lord Minto II — 1905-1910. The Morley-Minto Reforms (Indian Councils Act, 1909), which brought in separate electorates for Muslims, came in his term.
(D) Lord Linlithgow — 1936-1943, the longest term of any Viceroy. The August Offer (1940), the Cripps Mission and the Quit India Movement (1942) came in his term.
(C) Lord Wavell — 1943-1947. He called the Simla Conference (1945), and the Cabinet Mission came in 1946.