{"id":2609,"date":"2025-05-04T20:43:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2609"},"modified":"2025-05-04T20:43:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:13:52","slug":"q-with-reference-to-educational-institutions-during-colonial-rule-in-india-consider-the-following-pairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-educational-institutions-during-colonial-rule-in-india-consider-the-following-pairs","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to educational institutions during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Institution      \u2013        Founder<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Sanskrit College\u00a0at Benaras\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0William Jones<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Calcutta Madarsa\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Warren Hastings<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Fort William\u00a0College\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Arthur Wellesley<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Which of the pairs given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1 and 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 3 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer:<\/strong> (b) 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Sanskrit College at Benaras:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • The Benaras Sanskrit College, now known as\u00a0Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya<\/strong>, is a historic institution in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Jonathan Duncan established Sanskrit College at Varanasi to study Hindu law and philosophy in the year 1791.<\/strong>\n
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        • He was Governor of Bombay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • In 1958, the college was upgraded to a university status, and in 1974, it was renamed Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya after the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Sampurnanand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          Calcutta Madrasah:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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          • The\u00a0Calcutta Madrasah, now known as Aliah University<\/strong>, was the first government-established educational institution in British India,\u00a0founded by Warren Hastings in 1780<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Its initial purpose was\u00a0to educate Muslim children in Arabic, Persian, and Islamic law<\/strong>, preparing them for government jobs, particularly in revenue administration and the judiciary.\n
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            • The Madrasah eventually expanded its curriculum to include modern subjects like arithmetic, geometry, and natural sciences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              Fort William College:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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              • Fort William College was an\u00a0academy in Calcutta (Kolkata) that taught Indian languages, literature, and culture to British officials and civilians<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • It was founded\u00a0in 1800 by Lord Richard Wellesley<\/strong>, the Governor-General of India at the time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • The college was a center of learning and a hub of the Bengal Renaissance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                William Jones:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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                • Established the\u00a0Asiatic Society of Bengal\u00a0in\u00a01784<\/strong>to encourage Oriental studies.<\/strong>\n
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                  • Its primary focus is on the\u00a0history, civilization, antiquities, laws, arts, sciences, and literature of Asia, particularly India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • For roughly fifty years, it served as a significant academic hub and a unique institution that translated significant Sanskrit works.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Warren Hastings believed that Hindus had laws that had not changed for thousands of years. Therefore, if the British wanted to establish their rule in the nation, they had to learn these laws and the Sanskrit language in which they were written.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                    Arthur Wellesley:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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                    • Arthur Wellesley, later the 1st Duke of Wellington, spent eight years in India (1797-1805), where he developed his military skills,\u00a0particularly during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and the Second Anglo-Maratha War.<\/strong>\n
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                      • He was one of the British commanders who\u00a0ended the Anglo-Mysore wars by defeating Tipu Sultan in 1799<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      • His time in India included notable campaigns and a period as the\u00a0Governor of Mysore.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                        Institution      \u2013        Founder Which of the pairs given above is\/are correct? Answer: (b) 2 only Sanskrit College at Benaras: Calcutta Madrasah: Fort William College: William Jones: Arthur Wellesley:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[42],"years":[55],"class_list":["post-2609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-modern-history","years-55"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":42,"label":"Modern History"}],"years":[{"value":55,"label":"2018"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":42,"name":"Modern History","slug":"modern-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":87,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2609"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}