Question

What is the correct chronological order of the following British officials in India?
1. Sir John Shore
2. Marquis Cornwallis
3. Earl of Minto
4. Marquess of Wellesley.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
A) 1,2 AND 3
B) 2, 1, 3, AND 4
C) 1,2,3, AND 4
D) 2, 1, 4, and 3

Answer 1

Hint: After the control moved within the hands of British Crown, Viceroy was designated, who was the head of colonial India and administered the domain on behalf of British Crown whereas under the East India Company Governor General was the head of all governors of India .

Complete answer:
British raj, period of coordinated British rule over the Indian subcontinent from 1858 until the freedom of India and Pakistan in 1947. The raj succeeded administration of the subcontinent by the British East India Company, after general distrust and disappointment with company authority came about in a widespread mutiny of sepoy troops in 1857, causing the British to rethink the structure of administration in India.
Lord Cornwallis, was the Governor-General of India from 1786-1793, his career was military in nature as he was a British army officer and a diplomat. He introduced civil services in India. The second British Governor-General followed was Sir John Shore who was in India from (1751–1834) introduced the policy of non intervention and The charter Act of 1793.
Lord Wellesley, (1760–1842) is associated with the introduction of Subsidiary Alliance under which British assured the protection to the princely states. Lastly Earl of Minto. (1751–1814) established the Ryotwari system in Madras along with introducing the Mahalwari system in Northern India.
Hence, the correct answer is, ‘D) 2, 1, 4, and 3’.

Note: The first Governor-General of Bengal was Warren Hastings with tenure of office from 1772-1785. Warren Hastings was the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal and was an English statesman.