Who was the viceroy of India during Quit India Movement?

• A. Lord Irwin
• B. Lord Wavell
• C. Lord Linlithgow
• D. Lord Reading

Answer: (C)

Lord Linlithgow (1936 – 1944) was the viceroy of India during Quit India Movement. The Quit India Movement (also known as the August Movement) was a civil disobedience movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8,1942 in Mumbai for complete independence