Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (08.10.2022) Shift-II
The Acts of Incorporation passed in 1857 provided for the establishment of the universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras on the model of
ACambridge University
BUniversity of Harvard
COxford University
DUniversity of London ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) University of London — The answer is the University of London.
Explanation
★The answer is the University of London.
★The Wood's Despatch of 1854 recommended universities in the three presidency towns.
★It proposed modelling them on the University of London.
★The Acts of Incorporation of 1857 set up Calcutta, Bombay and Madras universities on that model.
★So the model was the University of London.
★The other universities were not the chosen template.
★So the answer is the University of London.
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