Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2023 (14.12.2023) Shift-II
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 — Science education in India first started at Hindu College, so the answer is Hindu College.
Explanation
★Science education in India first started at Hindu College, so the answer is Hindu College.
★Hindu College, Calcutta, was opened in January 1817.
★It is now known as Presidency University, Kolkata.
★Raja Ram Mohan Roy helped lead its foundation committee.
★It was the earliest institution of modern higher learning in Asia.
★The other named colleges were founded later and are not the first.
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