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BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 72

On which Viceroy was a bomb thrown on the occasion of his state entry into Delhi?

  1. Lord Curzon
  2. Lord Minto
  3. Lord Hardinge
  4. Lord Wavell
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Answer: (C) Lord Hardinge

Explanation

Rash Behari Bose and Basant Kumar Biswas organised the bomb attack on Lord Hardinge during the capital's shift to Delhi (1912).

  • (A) Incorrect

    Wrong: no such attack on Curzon.

  • (B) Incorrect

    Wrong: Minto survived an attack at Ahmedabad (1909), not at Delhi entry.

  • (C) Correct

    Correct: a bomb was thrown at Hardinge in Chandni Chowk on 23 Dec 1912 (Delhi Conspiracy).

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: no such incident.