Question

Who was the Viceroy in India during the Second World War?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Sir Stafford Cripps
C) Lord Linlithgo
D) None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: A viceroy implies an individual designated to manage a nation or area as the appointee of the sovereign or authority who runs a nation for the sake of and as the delegate of the ruler of the region. As the question concerns, the official mentioned is the viceroy and the monarch is Britain. The Government of India Act 1858 was the demonstration that changed the name of post-Governor General of India to Viceroy of India.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) Winston Churchill: This option is incorrect as Winston Churchill served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.
Option B. Sir Stafford Cripps: This option is incorrect as Sir Stafford Cripps as, during World War II, he served as Ambassador to the USSR (1940–42).
Option C. Lord Linlithgo: This option is correct as Lord Linlithgo was the Viceroy in 1939, who declared that India has joined the war on the side of the British during the Second World War. He was the Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1944 and this long term period was the longest rule as Viceroy of India. The parts of the Government of India Act 1935 came into force in 1937 during this period.
Option D) None of This: This option is invalid as Lord Linlithgo was the Viceroy during the Second World War; thus making this option invalid.

The correct option is option C) Lord Linlithgo. Lord Linlithgo was the Viceroy in India during the Second World War.

Note: Hitler's attack on Poland in September 1939 made Great Britain and France announce the battle on Germany, denoting the beginning of World War II. Throughout the following six years, the contention took more lives and obliterated more land and property all throughout the planet than any past war. The conflict in Europe finished with the freedom of German-involved regions and the intrusion of Germany by the Western Allies and the Soviet Union, coming full circle in the fall of Berlin to Soviet soldiers, Hitler's self-destruction and the German unlimited acquiescence on 8 May 1945.