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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2017 — General Studies · Question 72 of 200

Q72
Indian National MovementQuit India, INA & Towards Independence
Who was the First Governor General of independent India?
  1. a.Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
  2. b.Clement Attlee
  3. c.Lord Wavell
  4. d.Lord Mountbatten

Answer: (D) Lord Mountbatten

Lord Mountbatten served as independent India's first Governor-General (August 1947-June 1948); C. Rajagopalachari succeeded him as the last Governor-General and the only Indian to hold the post, before it was abolished with the 1950 Constitution.