Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (11.10.2022) Shift-I
Modern universities were established in India in 1857 at
ACalcutta, Madras and Hyderabad
BCalcutta, Madras and Bombay ✓ Correct
CCalcutta, Bombay and Hyderabad
DCalcutta, Banaras and Hyderabad
Correct answer: (B) Calcutta, Madras and Bombay — The answer is Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
Explanation
★The answer is Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
★Wood's Despatch of 1854 recommended a full scheme of education up to the university level.
★Following it, the universities of Calcutta and Bombay were established in July 1857.
★The University of Madras was established in September 1857.
★So the three 1857 universities were at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
★The other options name cities that had no 1857 university.
★So the answer is Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
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