Railways PYQCBT 1 2020

RRB NTPC · Question 58

Which of the following Viceroy of India did take the initiative to create elected local government bodies?

  1. Lord Rippon

  2. Lord Irwin

  3. Lord Wavell

  4. Lord Reading

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Answer: (A) Lord Rippon

Explanation

Lord Ripon's resolution of 1882 laid the foundation of elected local self-government; he is called the father of local self-government in India.