Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Statement I:Punjab University was established by a Special Act of Incorporation in 1914.
Statement II:The University of Allahabad was established by a Special Act of Incorporation in 1887.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Explanation
The University of Allahabad was indeed set up by a special incorporating Act in 1887, among India's oldest modern universities.
Statement 1 is wrong because Panjab University came into being in 1882, not 1914.
Statement 2 is right in dating the University of Allahabad to 1887.
Allahabad was the fourth university founded in colonial India after Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.
Panjab University at Lahore predated many later provincial universities.
The three presidency universities of 1857 were the earliest in British India.
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