Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord __________ as the viceroy of India in 1947.
A
Wavell
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B
Lytton
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C
Linlithgow
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D
Cornwallis
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Solution
The correct option is A Wavell Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord Wavell as the viceroy of India in 1947. He was the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of independent India. India and Pakistan were partitioned under the plan prepared by him known as the June 3 or Mountbatten Plan.