Indian History and World History (Part-31)

41. The Raleigh Commission (1902) was appointed to recommend reforms in: [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 19.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) the police system
(b) the judicial system
(c) draught management
(d) the education system

Correct Answer: (d) the education system

Solution:The Governor-General, Lord Curzon, appointed the Raleigh Commission (University Commission) in 1902 under the chairmanship of Sir Thomas Raleigh to recommend reforms in the education system.

42. The Victoria Memorial, conceived by Lord Curzon, represents the architectural climax of city? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 7.06.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) Delhi
(b) Jaipur
(c) Kolkata
(d) Mumbai

Correct Answer: (c) Kolkata

Solution:The Victoria Memorial, designed by Lord Curzon, represents the people of architecture of the city of Kolkata. This monument was built between 1906 and 1921.

43. During whose Viceroyalty the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 3.09.2016 (Shift-III)]

(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Harding
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord Clive

Correct Answer: (b) Lord Harding

Solution:During the reign of Lord Hardinge (1910-1916), the third Delhi Durbar was organized in the year 1911. The coronation of George V was announced at the court. The partition of Bengal was annulled in the Delhi court itself and the transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi was announced.

44. Which of the following Viceroys of India ad- dressed the Bengal famine of 1943 by ordering the Army to distribute relief supplies to the starving rural Bengalis? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 5.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) Lord Linlithgow
(b) Lord Wavell
(c) Lord Willington
(d) Lord Mountbatten

Correct Answer: (b) Lord Wavell

Solution:In the year 1943-44, there was a severe famine in Bengal (present-day Bangladesh, India's West Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha), in which lakhs of people died of starvation. The then Viceroy, Lord Wavell noticed the Bengal famine and ordered the army to distribute relief materials to the hungry Bengalis.

45. During the reign of which Viceroy 'Dandi March' took place? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 19.08.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) Lord Bentinck
(b) Lord Chelmsford
(c) Lord Irwin
(d) Lord Metcalf

Correct Answer: (c) Lord Irwin

Solution:Dandi March took place during the reign of Viceroy Lord Irwin. Gandhiji started his famous Dandi March on 12 March 1930 and on 6 April 1930 at Dandi and symbolically broke the salt law.