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SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 48

SSC CGL - 6th March 2020 Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q48

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Who was the Governor-General of Bengal during the 3rd Anglo-Mysore war?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. 2nd Earl Cornwallis.

  • The Anglo–Mysore Wars were a series of wars fought during the last three decades of the 18th century between the Kingdom of Mysore on the one hand, and the British East India Company (represented chiefly by the Madras Presidency), Maratha Empire and the Nizam of Hyderabad on the other.
  • 2nd Earl Cornwallis was the Governor-General of Bengal during the 3rd Anglo-Mysore war.