Q.

The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was -

A. Lord Harding
B. Lord Northbrook
C. Lord Ellenborough
D. Lord Mayo
Answer» D. Lord Mayo
Explanation: Lord May, the viceroy of India during 1869-1872 was assassinated by Sher Ali Afridi, an Afridi Pathan convict at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands on 8 February 1972. His murderer appeared to be motivated only by a sense of injustice at his own imprisonment, andhad resolved to kill a high-ranking colonial official.
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