Viceroy → signature act/event pairing
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Exam Strategy
UPSC Prelims consistently tests viceroy-event matching via MCQs, often pairing lesser-known VCRs with reforms or crises. Examiners test chronological sequence and administrative/legislative signatures. Common trap: confusing overlapping tenures or misattributing acts to adjacent viceroys.
High-yield hooks
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Curzon → Partition of Bengal, Curzon University, frontier policy
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Ripon → Local Self-Govt Act 1882, Civil Service reforms
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Lytton → Vernacular Press Act, Famine policy
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Dufferin → INC founded during tenure 1884-88
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Hardinge I → Delhi Durbar, capital shift from Calcutta
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