Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I:University of Punjab at Lahore and University of Allahabad were established during colonial rule in India.
Statement II:The main reason for their establishment was the increasing demand for higher education including Oriental as well as modern European education.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true ✓ Correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Explanation
Punjab University at Lahore and Allahabad University were both founded under colonial rule, so Statement 1 is true.
Their creation answered a growing demand for higher education, oriental and modern alike, so Statement 2 is true.
Punjab University came up in 1882 and Allahabad University in 1887.
Both blended classical Indian learning with modern European subjects.
The two statements together describe the same phase of university growth.
The first three such universities were founded at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1857.
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