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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 44 of 200

Q44
Indian National MovementEarly Uprisings & Revolt of 1857
Who was the then Governor General of India at the time of the Great Revolt of 1857?
  1. a.Lord Canning
  2. b.Lord Carzon
  3. c.Lord Cornwallis
  4. d.Lord Minto

Answer: (A) Lord Canning

Lord Canning was Governor-General when the revolt broke out in 1857 and became the first Viceroy in 1858. Cornwallis served in the 1780s–1800s, and Curzon and Minto came decades later.

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