According to the Census of 2011, which district of Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest literacy rate?
- A.Lucknow
- B.Kanpur Nagar
- C.Gautam Buddha Nagar
- D.Varanasi
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Gautam Buddha Nagar. In the Census of 2011 Gautam Buddha Nagar, the district of Noida on the edge of Delhi, recorded the highest literacy rate in the state, while Shrawasti in the eastern districts recorded the lowest; the state's own rate was 67.68 per cent. Options A, B and D are wrong because Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar and Varanasi, although all well above the state average as large urban districts, stood below Gautam Buddha Nagar in that census. The gap between the western districts near Delhi and the eastern and Bundelkhand districts is the reason the state concentrates its education schemes on the latter, and examiners ask the two extremes together. The state's recorded literacy of 67.68 per cent in that census was made up of 77.28 per cent for men and 57.18 per cent for women.
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Practice Questions
View allThe headquarters of the Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Uttar Pradesh, is located at:
- A.Lucknow
- B.Prayagraj
- C.Varanasi
- D.Kanpur
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The UP Board has its headquarters at Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, with regional offices elsewhere in the state, and the Basic Shiksha Parishad that looks after classes one to eight is seated in the same city.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Uttar Pradesh, established?
- A.1916
- B.1921
- C.1947
- D.1972
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The board was created by an Act of 1921 and held its first examination in 1923, which makes it one of the oldest school examination boards in the country as well as one of the largest by the number of candidates.
Read the full explanation →Banaras Hindu University, founded in 1916, was established by:
- A.Madan Mohan Malaviya
- B.Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- C.Annie Besant
- D.Sampurnanand
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Malaviya founded Banaras Hindu University at Varanasi in 1916, raising its funds by public subscription, and it grew into what is usually described as the largest residential university in Asia; the Institute of Medical Sciences and the engineering college that became IIT (BHU) are part of it.
Read the full explanation →The University of Allahabad, the oldest university of Uttar Pradesh, was established in:
- A.1857
- B.1887
- C.1916
- D.1920
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The University of Allahabad was founded in 1887, which makes it the fourth oldest modern university in India after those of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, and it was converted into a central university in 2005.
Read the full explanation →Aligarh Muslim University grew out of which earlier institution?
- A.Canning College
- B.Central Hindu College
- C.Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
- D.Government Sanskrit College
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Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded a school at Aligarh that grew into the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875, and that college was raised to the status of Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.
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