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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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 1887. 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. Option A is wrong because 1857 is the year the first three universities, of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, were established, which is why the date is a tempting distractor. Option C is wrong because 1916 belongs to Banaras Hindu University. Option D is wrong because 1920 is the year both Aligarh Muslim University and the University of Lucknow came into being. Keep the four dates in a row: 1887 Allahabad, 1916 Banaras, 1920 Aligarh and Lucknow, 1927 Agra. Allahabad also gave the country several Prime Ministers and judges among its alumni, which is why the university is called a nursery of public life.
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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 →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.
Read the full explanation →The Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences is located in which city of Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Varanasi
- B.Lucknow
- C.Gorakhpur
- D.Agra
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The Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, established in 1983, is the state's leading referral and postgraduate medical institute, and it stands at Lucknow along with King George's Medical University and the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences.
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