Lord William Bentinck was the first Governor-General of India. As William Bentinck is not mentioned in the given options thus, the correct answer will be Warren Hastings. Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal. He occupied this position from 1773 to 1784. Hastings was born at Churchill, Oxfordshire. He joined the British East India Company in 1750 as a clerk. In 1757, Warren Hastings became the British Resident of Murshidabad, and in 1761 he was appointed to the Calcutta council. Warren Hastings went back to England in 1764. He returned to India in 1769 as a member of the Madras council and was made Governor of Bengal in 1772. In 1773, Hastings was appointed the first Governor-General of Bengal under Regulating Act, 1773. ....Read more