UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2018

With reference to educational institutions during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs: Institution - Founder: 1. Sanskrit College at Benaras - William Jones; 2. Calcutta Madarsa - Warren Hastings; 3. Fort William College - Arthur Wellesley. Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 2 only
  3. 1 and 3
  4. 3 only

Answer

Correct Answer

2 only

Explanation

The Calcutta Madrasa was founded by Warren Hastings (1781). The Sanskrit College at Benaras was founded by Jonathan Duncan (1791), and Fort William College by Richard Wellesley (1800).

Topics: colonial educational institutions and founders, education under british rule, history, modern india