INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is option 3, i.e. Lord Irwin. Simon Commission was appointed by the British government in 1927 and visited India in 1928 during the tenure of Viceroy Lord Irwin (1926-1931).

Detailed explanation-2: -During the Simon Commission, Lord Irwin was the Viceroy of India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Edward Frederick Lindley Wood styled, more commonly known as Lord Irwin, was a senior British Conservative politician of the 1930s and the Viceroy of British India from 3 April 1926 – 18 April 1931.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indian National Congress mistrusted the findings of the Commission and the Congress boycotted the Report. Gandhi subsequently started the Civil Disobedience Movement. Mohammed Ali Jinnah made it clear that the report was unacceptable to Hindus, Muslims and Indian nationalists.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lord Canning become 1st Viceroy of British India after government of India act, 1856.