Q: 25 (CDS-II/2008)
question_subject:
History
question_exam:
CDS-II
stats:
0,151,17,7,151,3,7
keywords:
{'lord chelmsford': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'chakravarthi rajgopalachari': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'lord mountbatten': [0, 1, 1, 0], 'marquess': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'governor': [5, 1, 0, 6], 'lord wavell': [2, 0, 3, 1], 'linlithgow': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'general': [7, 3, 8, 4]}
The correct option is option 2: Lord Mountbatten.
Option 1, The Marquess of Linlithgow, was the Governor-General of India from 1936 to 1943, preceding Lord Mountbatten.
Option 3, Lord Wavell, was the Governor-General of India from 1943 to 1947, succeeding Lord Linlithgow and preceding Lord Mountbatten.
Option 4, Lord Chelmsford, was the Governor-General of India from 1916 to 1921, preceding Lord Reading.
Therefore, the correct answer is option 2, Lord Mountbatten, who was the Governor-General of India immediately preceding Chakravarthi Rajgopalachari.