State PCS PYQPrelims 2018

UPPCS · Question 76

Who among the following Governor Generals ridiculed congress as representing only a 'microscopic minority' of people?

  1. Lord Dufferin
  2. Lord Curzon
  3. Lord Minto
  4. Lord Lansdowne
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Answer: (A) Lord Dufferin

Explanation

Viceroy Lord Dufferin (1884–88) dismissed the Indian National Congress as representing only a 'microscopic minority' of the people.