Which of the following universities threw all university examinations open to girls in 1883?
AAllahabad University
BBombay University ✓ Correct
CDelhi University
DUniversity of Madras
Correct answer: (B) Bombay University
Explanation
Bombay University opened all its examinations to women in 1883, an early step for higher education of girls in India.
Allahabad University was founded only in 1887 and did not take this step in 1883.
Delhi University came much later, in 1922, well after the period in question.
The University of Madras, set up in 1857, is not the one credited with this 1883 reform.
The move let women sit degree examinations on the same terms as men.
The three earliest universities of 1857 were Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.
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