Science education in India was first started in Calcutta in 1817 at:

ASurendranath College

BAshutosh Mukherjee College

CSt Xavier's College

DHindu College ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) Hindu College

Explanation

Science education in India began in Calcutta in 1817 at Hindu College, founded that year.

Surendranath College is a later institution, not this 1817 origin point.

Ashutosh Mukherjee College does not date to this early beginning.

St. Xavier's College, Calcutta, was established later, in 1860.

Hindu College introduced Western science and English education to Bengali youth.

It was later reorganised and renamed Presidency College in 1855.

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