History · Colonial Economy
UGC NET December 2022 History (Shift-I)
The Fergusson College was developed from which institution of the 1880s?
ADeccan English School
BNew English School ✓ Correct
CAnglo-British School
DPoona English School
Correct answer: (B) New English School — It developed from the New English School, so the answer is the New English School.
Explanation
★It developed from the New English School, so the answer is the New English School.
★The Fergusson College was developed from the New English School of the 1880s.
★In 1880 V.K. Chiplunkar, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and M.B. Namjoshi started the New English School in Pune.
★Their aim was the cheapening and facilitating of education.
★The founders later established the Deccan Education Society in 1884.
★The Fergusson College was started in 1885.
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