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Development of education - Test Set 2

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  1. Question 1

    Calcutta College of Engineering set up in
    1. 1847
    2. 1864
    3. 1872
    4. 1856
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  2. Question 2

    Who was the first Indian Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta?
    1. Surendranath Banerjee
    2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    4. Ashutosh Mukherjee
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  3. Question 3

    UPSC CDS 2019/ WBCS Prelims 2022/ BPSC 2020
    Who was the Viceroy of India when the Hunter Education Commission was appointed in 1882?
    1. Lord Ripon
    2. Lord Lytton
    3. Lord Dufferin
    4. Lord Curzon
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  4. Question 4

    UPSC CAPF 2020/ SSC CHSL 2022/ WBCS Prelims 2021
    Who was the Viceroy of India when the Saddler University Commission was appointed in 1917?
    1. Lord Hardinge II
    2. Lord Curzon
    3. Lord Chelmsford
    4. Lord Irwin
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  5. Question 5

    Who was the Viceroy of India when the Hartog Committee on education was appointed in 1929?
    1. Lord Irwin
    2. Lord Chelmsford
    3. Lord Reading
    4. Lord Linlithgow
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Prelims 2020
    Who founded Indian Women's University?
    1. Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
    2. Dhando Keshab Karve
    3. Sir William Hunter
    4. Sir Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Prelims 2020
    Who was the founder of the Jamia Milia Islamia?
    1. Dr. Zakir Hussain
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Saukat Ali
    4. Agha Khan
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  8. Question 8

    WBCS Prelims 2020
    Through which Educational Report, the Calcutta University came into existence?
    1. Macaulay's Minute
    2. Hunter Commission
    3. Charter Act
    4. Wood's Despatch
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Prelims 2020
    Who founded the Anglo-Vedic college?
    1. Dayanand Saraswati
    2. Lala Hansraj
    3. Atmaram Pandurang
    4. Mahadev Govind Ranade
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  10. Question 10

    WBCS Prelims 2020
    When the Hindu College was founded?
    1. 1800 AD
    2. 1817 AD
    3. 1855 AD
    4. 1857 AD
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  11. Question 11

    WBCS Prelims 2014
    Which one of the following is known as the 'Magna-Carta' of English Education in India?
    1. Charter Act of 1813
    2. Indian Education Commission's Report of 1882
    3. Indian University Act of 1904
    4. Educational Despatch of 1854
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Prelims 2011
    When was the University of calcutta founded?
    1. 1854
    2. 1857
    3. 1860
    4. 1874
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  13. Question 13

    WBCS Prelims 2010
    The Medical College in Kolkata was established in the year
    1. 1829
    2. 1835
    3. 1858
    4. 1884
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  14. Question 14

    WBCS Prelims 2007
    Who founded Anglo Mohammedan College?
    1. Syed Ahmed Khan
    2. Nawab Salim Ullah
    3. Fazlul Haque
    4. Md. Ali Jinnah
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  15. Question 15

    WBCS Prelims 2007
    Who founded Asiatic Society of Bengal?
    1. William Jones
    2. Bthune
    3. David Hare
    4. Lord Ripon
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Prelims 2004
    Who was the founder of the Central Hindu School at Benaras?
    1. M. G. Ranade
    2. Keshab Chandra Sen
    3. Mrs. Anni Besant
    4. G. H. Deshmukh
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Prelims 2004
    Who founded 'School Book Society' ?
    1. David Hare
    2. Hyde East
    3. William Jones
    4. Bethune
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Prelims 2004
    When did Vivekananda founded Ramkrishna Mission?
    1. 1885
    2. 1896
    3. 1893
    4. 1866
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Prelims 2003
    First Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University was
    1. William Colvile
    2. Ritchic
    3. Erskine
    4. Maine
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  20. Question 20

    WBCS Prelims 2003
    English as a medium of introduction of education among the Indians was officially announced in
    1. 1825
    2. 1835
    3. 1845
    4. 1833
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