Option 1 is the correct answer. Each governor`s position corresponds to the historical order of their tenure and the governing Acts under which they served.

I. Charles Cornwallis (choice C) was the Governor General of Presidency of Fort William in Bengal under the Regulating Act, 1773. This role aimed to regulate the East India Company`s affairs and bring their rule in Bengal under the British Government`s control.

II. James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, Earl and Marquess of Dalhousie (choice B) served as the Governor General of India under the Charter Act, 1833. The Charter Act centralized the administration of British India, giving the Governor General complete administrative and legislative powers.

III. Gilbert John Elliot - Murray - Kynynmond, Earl of Minto (choice D) served as the Governor General and Viceroy of India under the Indian Councils Act, 1858. The Act transferred the administration from the British East India Company to the British Crown.

IV. Archibald Percival Wavell, Viscount and Earl Wavell (choice A) served as the Governor General and Crown Representative under the Government of India Act. 1935. This act offered a broad range of reforms and increased the role