The Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur was established in which year?
- A.1951
- B.1959
- C.1961
- D.1984
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 1959. IIT Kanpur was founded in 1959 and was built up in its early years with the help of a consortium of American universities, which gave it an early lead in computer science and aeronautical engineering. Option A is wrong because 1951 is the year the first Indian Institute of Technology, at Kharagpur, was established. Option C is wrong because 1961 is the year the Kendriya Hindi Sansthan was founded at Agra to train Hindi teachers, a date worth keeping separate. Option D is wrong because 1984 is the year the Indian Institute of Management was established at Lucknow. Remember the state's cluster: IIT Kanpur in 1959, IIM Lucknow in 1984 and IIIT Prayagraj in 1999. IIT (BHU) at Varanasi, the state's other Indian Institute of Technology, grew out of the engineering college of Banaras Hindu University.
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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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