Which is the oldest scientific department of the Government of India, headquartered at Dehradun?
- A.Geological Survey of India
- B.India Meteorological Department
- C.Survey of India
- D.Archaeological Survey of India
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Survey of India. It was founded in 1767, soon after the battle of Plassey, to map the territory the East India Company had acquired, and it is therefore counted as the oldest scientific department of the country. James Rennell was its first Surveyor General, and the Great Trigonometrical Survey that measured the subcontinent and the Himalayan peaks was carried out under it. Its headquarters is at Dehradun.
Option A, the Geological Survey of India, came much later, in 1851, and works from Kolkata. Option B, the India Meteorological Department, was founded in 1875 and has its headquarters at New Delhi. Option D, the Archaeological Survey of India, was founded in 1861 with Alexander Cunningham as its first head and works from New Delhi. Only the Survey of India goes back to the eighteenth century.
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