Which is the oldest of the Indian Institutes of Technology?
- A.IIT Bombay
- B.IIT Kharagpur
- C.IIT Madras
- D.IIT Delhi
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, IIT Kharagpur. It opened in 1951, the first of the IITs, in the buildings of the Hijli Detention Camp where political prisoners had been held under British rule. Jawaharlal Nehru addressed its first convocation in 1956, the same year in which Parliament passed the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) Act declaring it an Institute of National Importance.
Option A is wrong because IIT Bombay came in 1958, built with Soviet assistance channelled through UNESCO. Option C is wrong because IIT Madras was set up in 1959 with West German assistance. Option D is wrong because IIT Delhi opened only in 1961, as the College of Engineering with British help, and became an IIT in 1963. The order to remember is Kharagpur, Bombay, Madras, Kanpur, Delhi.
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Practice Questions
View allIIT Madras was established in 1959 with the technical and financial assistance of which country?
- A.United States
- B.Soviet Union
- C.West Germany
- D.United Kingdom
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IIT Madras was set up in 1959 under an agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany, which supplied equipment, scholarships and visiting faculty in the early years, and the institute's early workshops and laboratories carried that German stamp.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established?
- A.IIM Ahmedabad
- B.IIM Bangalore
- C.IIM Calcutta
- D.IIM Lucknow
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It was set up in November 1961, a few weeks before IIM Ahmedabad, with the help of the Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Ford Foundation and the Government of West Bengal, and it was the first management institute of its kind in the country.
Read the full explanation →IIM Ahmedabad was set up in collaboration with which foreign institution?
- A.Sloan School of Management, MIT
- B.Harvard Business School
- C.Wharton School
- D.London School of Economics
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IIM Ahmedabad was founded in December 1961 with Harvard's help, which is why its teaching has always leaned on the case method.
Read the full explanation →The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, was established by an Act of Parliament in which year?
- A.1947
- B.1950
- C.1956
- D.1961
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The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act was passed in 1956 and AIIMS New Delhi was founded that year as an autonomous Institute of National Importance, free to design its own courses and award its own medical degrees.
Read the full explanation →The recommendation for a national medical institute, which led to the founding of AIIMS, came from which committee?
- A.Sarkar Committee
- B.Bhore Committee
- C.Kothari Commission
- D.Mudaliar Committee
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The Health Survey and Development Committee of 1946, chaired by Sir Joseph Bhore, examined the health services of the country and recommended, among much else, a national medical centre that would set the standard for teaching and research.
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