Consider the following statement and identify with the help of the code given below the Viceroy who made the statement and when : In my belief, Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful de

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Q: 8 (NDA-I/2010)
Consider the following statement and identify with the help of the code given below the Viceroy who made the statement and when : In my belief, Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise. Code :

question_subject: 

History

question_exam: 

NDA-I

stats: 

0,37,40,37,28,9,3

keywords: 

{'viceroy': [3, 0, 5, 2], 'farewell speech': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'lord curzon': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'bengal': [2, 0, 1, 2], 'muslim delegation': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'calcutta': [3, 0, 1, 4], 'peaceful demise': [0, 1, 1, 0], 'lord minto': [3, 0, 4, 2], 'congress': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'lord dufferin': [3, 1, 3, 2], 'secretary': [2, 1, 6, 8], 'letter': [1, 0, 4, 6], 'great ambitions': [0, 1, 1, 0], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13], 'shimla': [6, 0, 2, 3]}

Option 1: Lord Curzon, in a letter to the Secretary of States in 1900.

Option 2: Lord Curzon, while announcing the partition of Bengal.

Option 3: Lord Dufferin, during the farewell speech at Calcutta.

Option 4: Lord Minto, while addressing the Muslim delegation which met him at Shimla in 1906.

The correct answer is option 1. Lord Curzon made the statement in a letter to the Secretary of States in 1900. In the statement, Lord Curzon expresses his belief that the Congress party is nearing its downfall and one of his ambitions while in India is to aid in its peaceful demise.

Option 2 is incorrect because the announcement of the partition of Bengal was made by Lord Curzon, but it does not match the content of the statement.

Option 3 is incorrect because Lord Dufferin, during his farewell speech at Calcutta, did not make a statement concerning the Congress party`s fall.

Option 4 is incorrect because Lord Minto addressed the Muslim delegation in Shimla in 1906, but his statement does not align with the content of the provided statement.

Overall, the correct answer is option 1, and it is important to carefully analyze the options