Question 1. The first newspaper in India was [APSC 2017, UPPSC (Mains) 2004]
(a) Bengal Gazette
(b) Hindustan Times
(c) Pioneer
(d) Sambad Kaumudi
Solution: a
Question 2. The first press in modern India was started in 1766 by the effort of
(a) VN Mandlik
(b) James Augustus Hicky
(c) William Ford
(d) William Bolts
Solution: d
Question 3. Who started the first English Newspaper in India? [WBCS 2020]
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) JA Hickey
(d) Lord William Bentinck
Solution: c
Question 4. The first Newspaper published by the Indians in English language was [UPPSC 2006]
(a) Hindu Patriot
(b) The Hindu
(c) Young India
(d) Native Opinion
Solution: a
Question 5. The editor of the paper ‘Hindu Patriot’ Sri Harish Chandra Mukherjee was known to have helped the [OPSC 2018]
(a) Santhal Revolt
(b) Indigo Revolt
(c) Revolt of the Mundas
(d) None of the above
Solution: b
Question 6. Which one of the following newspapers advocated revolutionary terrorism during the period of Indian freedom struggle? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008]
I. Sandhya
II. Yugantar
III. Nava Kaal
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
(a) I and III
(b) I and II
(c) II and III
(d) I, II and III
Solution: d
Question 7. What was the name of the first Hindi newspaper of India, published by Jugal Kishore? [IAS (Pre) 2003]
(a) Hindi Pradeep
(b) Gyan Pradayini
(c) Udant Martand
(d) Bengali
Solution: c
Question 8. The first Hindi newspaper ‘Udant Martand’ (30th May, 1826) was published from [UPPCS (Mains) 2016]
(a) Kolkata
(b) Patna
(c) Allahabad
(d) Lucknow
Solution: a
Question 9. In which newspaper ‘Boycott’ was first declared? [WBCS 2020]
(a) Sanjibani
(b) Hitawadi
(c) Yugantar
(d) Amrita Bazar
Solution: a
Question 10. Which newspaper was started by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak to serve the cause of India’s freedom struggle?[UKPSC (Pre) 2010]
(a) Gadar
(b) Kesari
(c) Free Hindustan
(d) Swadesh Mitra
Solution: b
Question 11. From where the ‘Indian Mirror’ newspaper was published in 1880? [UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Madras
(d) Pondicherry
Solution: b
Question 12. Who among the following started the newspaper ‘Som Prakash’? [IAS (Pre) 2007]
(a) Dayananda Saraswati
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
Solution: b
Question 13. Which of the following newspapers was essentially the mouthpiece of the policies of liberals? [BPSC (Pre) 2005]
(a) Leader
(b) New India
(c) Young India
(d) Free Press Journal
Solution: a
Question 14. Which one of the following was not the language in which ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper was published? [UPPSC (Pre) 2005]
(a) English
(b) Gujarati
(c) Tamil
(d) Urdu
Solution: d
Question 15. The first Editor of the Journal ‘Indian Opinion’ was [UPPSC 2014]
(a) MK Gandhi
(b) Albert West
(c) Mahadev Desai
(d) Mansukh Lal Nazar
Solution: d
Question 16. What was the name of the newspaper published by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa? [CGPSC (Pre) 2018]
(a) The Indian Opinion
(b) National Herald
(c) Leader
(d) The Pioneer
Solution: a
Question 17. Which of the following newspapers used to be published from Patna? [BPSC (Pre) 2001]
(a) Indian Nation
(b) Punjab Kesari
(c) Prabhakar
(d) Daron
Solution: a
Question 18. Through which newspaper published from Kanpur, Vijay Singh Pathik made the Bijoliya Movement the subject of discussion in India? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1996]
(a) Kesari
(b) Pratap
(c) Maratha
(d) Manjusha
Solution: b
Question 19. Which Urdu newspaper was started by Lala Lajpat Rai from Lahore in 1920? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008]
(a) Bande Mataram
(b) People
(c) Tribune
(d) Vir Arjun
Solution: a
Question 20. Harijan was started by [UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]
(a) Tilak
(b) Gokhale
(c) Gandhiji
(d) Naoroji
Solution: c
Question 21. The first issue of a weekly paper ‘Harijan’ started by Gandhiji was published on February 11, 1933 from which of the following cities? [UP Lower Sub (Mains) 2013]
(a) Bombay (now Mumbai)
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Poona (now Pune)
(d) Nasik
Solution: c
Question 22. Who among the following had launched the paper ‘Qaumi Awaz’? [UPPSC (Mains) 2013]
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Shaukat Ali
(d) Khaliquzzaman
Solution: b
Question 23. The English newspaper ‘Independent’ was associated to [UPPSC 2012]
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) CR Das
(c) Jawaharalal Nehru
(d) Motilal Nehru
Solution: d
Question 24. Who was the Editor of ‘Searchlight’ newspaper in Bihar? [BPSC 2019]
(a) Abdul Bari
(b) Lambodar Mukherjee
(c) Murali Mohan Prasad
(d) Ramananda Chatterjee
Solution: c
Question 25. The ‘Young India’ was started as a weekly by [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2003]
(a) the Home Rule Party
(b) the Extremist Party
(c) Ghadar Party
(d) Swaraj Party
Solution: a
Question 26. Persian weekly ‘Mirat-ul Akhbar’ was published by [UPPSC (Pre) 2000]
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) Maulana Shibli Nomani
Solution: b
Question 27. Who was the first editor of the Amrita Bazar Patrika? [WBCS 2020]
(a) Sambhuchandra Mukhopadhyay
(b) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
(c) Girish Chandra Ghosh
(d) Robert Knight
Solution: b
Question 28. The Marathi Fortnightly ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’ was started by [UPPSC (Pre) 2004]
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) BR Ambedkar
(c) VD Savarkar
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Solution: b
Question 29. …….. was related to Bahishkrit Bharat. [UPPSC (Pre) 1991]
(a) Atmaram Pandurang
(b) Jyotirao Phule
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) BR Ambedkar
Solution: d
Question 30. Which one of the popular magazines of the revolutionary period criticised the Congress for various reasons? [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
(a) Bangawasi
(b) Kaal
(c) Kesari
(d) All of the above
Solution: d
Question 31. The ‘Swadesh Vahini’ was edited by [UPPSC (Pre) 2005]
(a) CV Raman Pillai
(b) CN Mudaliar
(c) K Rama Krishna Pillai
(d) CR Reddy
Solution: c
Question 32. Who founded the ‘Amrita Bazar Patrika’?
(a) Girish Chandra Ghosh
(b) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
(c) SN Banerjee
(d) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Solution: d
Question 33. Which journal was not associated with the revolutionary activities?
(a) Sandhya
(b) Yugantar
(c) Ghadar
(d) Young India
Solution: d
Question 34. Which one of the following was a Journal brought out by Abdul Kalam Azad? [IAS (Pre) 2008, UK UDA/ LDA (Pre) 2007]
(a) Al-Hilal
(b) Comrade
(c) The Indian Sociologist
(d) Zamindar
Solution: a
Question 35. Who affiliated himself with the English Journal ‘Vande Matram’? [UPPSC (Pre) 1996]
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) MG Ranade
(c) SC Bose
(d) Lokmanya Tilak
Solution: a
Question 36. To whom Commonweal is related? [UPUDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
(a) BG Tilak
(b) Annie Besant
(c) GK Gokhale
(d) None of the above
Solution: b
Question 37. At the time of National Movement who started ‘Dash Roja’ periodical? [CGPSC (Pre) 2018]
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Lal Lajpat Rai
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Solution: b
Question 38. From the options given below, find the correct combination of the names of Editors of the nationalist newspapers. The Hindu, Kesari, Bengali, Hindustani and Sudharak.
(a) Surendra Nath Banerjee, G. Subramania Iyer, Bal Ganadhar Tilak, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak, G. Subramania Iyer, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) G Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Surendra Nath Banerjee
(d) G Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishan Gokhale
Solution: d
Question 39. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? [UPPSC (Mains) 2008]
(a) BR Ambedkar – Independent
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Kesari
(c) Annie Besant – New India
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji – Rast Goftar
Solution: a
Question 40. Which of the following is correctly matched? [UPPSC (Pre) 1992]
(a) Annie Besant – Young India
(b) Mahatma Gandhi – New India
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Kesari
(d) Surendranath Banerjee – Maratha
Solution: c
Question 41. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [UPRO/ARO 2013]
(a) Navjivan – MK Gandhi
(b) Swarajya – T Prakasam
(c) Prabhat – NC Kelkar
(d) Qaumi Awaz – Abdul Kalam Azad
Solution: d
Question 42. Given below are the names of freedom fighters and the newspapers started by among these which combination is incorrect? [UK UDA/LDA 2007]
(a) Maulana Azad – Al-Hilal
(b) Lokmanya Tilak – Kesari
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru – National Herald
(d) Mahatma Gandhi – The Pioneer
Solution: d
Question 43. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [UPPSC 2004]
(a) Mahatma Gandhi – Mook Nayak
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Young India
(c) Annie Besant – Commonweal
(d) BR Ambedkar – Kesari
Solution: a
Question 44. Which of the following were two newspapers published by Annie Besant? Select the correct answer using the codes given below. [UPPSC 2004]
I. Commonweal
II. New India
III. New Hindu
IV. The Aryans
Codes
(a) I and II
(b) I and III
(c) II and IV
Solution: a
Question 45. Through which Educational Report, Calcutta University came into existence? [WBCS 2020]
(a) Macaulay’s Minute
(b) Hunter Commission
(c) Charter Act
(d) Wood’s Despatch
Solution: d
Question 46. Who in America started to issue newspaper ‘Free India’? [BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(a) Ram Nath Puri
(b) GD Kumar
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Taraknath Das
Solution: d
Question 47. Who started the newspaper ‘Indian Sociologist’ aborad? [OPSC 2018]
(a) Veer savarkar
(b) Lala Hardayal
(c) Bhupendra Dutt
(d) Shyamji Krishna Varma
Solution: d
Question 48. The Journal ‘Ghadar’ of Ghadar Party was a [UPPSC (Mains) 2013]
(a) Monthly Journal
(b) Fortnightly Journal
(c) Weekly Journal
(d) Daily Journal
Solution: c
Question 49. In which one of the following languages was the first issue of the Journal Ghadar published? [UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
(a) Urdu
(b) Hindi
(c) English
(d) Marathi
Solution: a
Question 50. Which among the following had primarily implemented the Press censorship? [UPPSC (Pre) 2001]
(a) Wellesley
(b) Hastings
(c) John Adams
(d) Dalhousie
Solution: a
Question 51. Who is the liberator of Indian newspaper?
(a) John Adams
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Mayo
(d) Charles Metcalfe
Solution: d
Question 52. Under which Act did the licensing rule for newspapers made?
(a) Licensing Act, 1857
(b) Registration Act, 1867
(c) Licensing Act, 1823
(d) None of the above
Solution: a
Question 53. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act? [UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
(a) Lord Lytton
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Hastings
Solution: a
Question 54. Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878? [IAS (Pre) 2005]
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Minto
Solution: a
Question 55. The suppression of Indian language newspapers under the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was caused by the criticism of [CDS 2012]
(a) lavish Lifestyle of the English officials.
(b) ill-treatment given to Indigo workers by their English masters.
(c) inhuman approach of English officials towards the victims of the famine of 1876-77.
(d) misuse of religious places of India by English officials.
Solution: c
Question 56. Which of the following Act relaxed the restrictions put by the Metcalfe Act?
(a) Licensing Act, 1857
(b) Press Act of 1835
(c) Vernacular Press Act, 1878
(d) Registration Act, 1867
Solution: d
Question 57. Which of the following statement is/are correct?
I. Censorship of Press Act, 1799 was introduced by Lord Wellesley.
II. Licensing regulation, 1823 was introduced by John Adams.
III. Press Act of 1835 by Metcalfe.
Select the correct answer by using the codes given below.
(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) I and III
(d) I, II and III
Solution: d
Question 58. Which of the following act/regulation empowered the magistrate to confiscate press property which published objectionable material likely to cause incitement to murder/acts of violence against the Extremist nationalist activity?
I. Indian Press Act, 1910.
II. Newspaper (incitement to offences) Act, 1908
III. Vernacular Press Act, 1878
IV. Registration Act, 1878
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below.
(a) I, III and IV
(b) Only II
(c) I and IV
(d) III and IV
Solution: b
Question 59. Consider the following statements regarding Vernacular Press Act.
I. The magistrate’s action was final and no appeal could be made in a court of law.
II. A Vernacular newspaper could get an exemption from the operation of the Act by Submitting proof to a government censor.
Which of the following statement is/are correct?
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Neither I nor II
(d) Both I and II
Solution: d
Question 60. Consider the following statement.
I. Acting Governor-General John Adams had completely censored the Indian press.
II. Governor-General was authorised to issue or cancel the license.
Which of the above statement is/are correct?
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
Solution: c
Question 61. Where was the first Madrasa set up by the British in India? [UPPSC (Pre) 2006]
(a) Madras
(b) Bombay
(c) Aligarh
(d) Calcutta
Solution: d
Question 62. Who was the founder of Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta?
(a) Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini
(b) Sister Nivedita
(c) Madame Blavatsky
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Solution: a
Question 63. Who founded first Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya at Varanasi? [UKPSC (Mains) 2006]
(a) Jonathan Duncan
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Macaulay
(d) Bankim Chandra
Solution: a
Question 64. Who founded Indian Women’s University? [WBCS 2020]
(a) Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
(b) Dhondo Keshab Karve
(c) Sir William Hunter
(d) Sir Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay
Solution: b
Question 65. Who was the following laid the foundation stone of Banaras Hindu University? [UPPSC (Mains) 2003]
(a) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(b) Maharaja Vibhuti Narayan Singh
(c) Lord Hardinge
(d) Annie Besant
Solution: c
Question 66. Who amongst the following Englishmen, first translated Bhagavad Gita into English? [IAS (Pre) 2001]
(a) Williams Jones
(b) Charles Wilkings
(c) Alexander Cunningham
(d) John Marshall
Solution: b
Question 67. Who among the following was the first to translate Kalidasa’ famous work ‘Shakuntala’ into English? [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010]
(a) Charles Wilkins
(b) Henry Colebrooke
(c) Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
(d) Sir William Jones
Solution: d
Question 68. The foundation of Modern Educational System in India was laid by [IAS (Pre) 1993]
(a) The Charter Act of 1813
(b) Macaulay’s Minute of 1835
(c) The Hunter Commission of 1882
(d) Woods Dispatch of 1854
Solution: b
Question 69. The main reason for the British Government to spread Modern Education in India during Pre-independence period was [UKPSC (Pre) 2005]
(a) the need for educated Indians in Minor administrative posts.
(b) to promote Indian culture.
(c) to modernise the Indian people so that they could share their political responsibilities.
(d) None of the above
Solution: a
Question 70. In whose reign was English education Introduced in India? [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
(a) Lord William Cavendish Bentinck
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Dalhousie
Solution: a
Question 71. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta? [IAS (Pre) 2009, UPPSC 2009]
(a) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Solution: d
Question 72. Which of the following was established first? [UPPSC (Pre) 2012]
(a) Hindu College, Calcutta
(b) Delhi College
(c) Mayo College
(d) Muslim-Anglo Oriental College
Solution: a
Question 73. The first three universities in India (Calcutta, Madras and Bombay) were established in which year? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010]
(a) 1857
(b) 1881
(c) 1885
(d) 1905
Solution: a
Question 74. Which one of the following had vigorously advocated for religious education in the Indian universities? [UPPSC (Mains) 2005]
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Madan Mohan Malaviya
Solution: d
Question 75. Who was associated with the formation of the Deccan Education Society? [UPPSC (Pre) 2013]
(a) Justice Ranade
(b) Pherozeshah Mehta
(c) BG Tilak
(d) Dayananda Saraswati
Solution: a
Question 76. Who of the following set up Mahila Arya Samaj to improve women’s education?
(a) Sister Nivedita
(b) DK Karve
(c) Pandita Ramabai
(d) Jyotirao Phule
Solution: c
Question 77. When the Hindu College was founded? [WBCS 2020]
(a) 1800 AD
(b) 1817 AD
(c) 1855 AD
(d) 1857 AD
Solution: b
Question 78. The establishment of the first women’s university in Mumbai was the result of the effort of
(a) Dayaram Gidumal
(b) DK Karve
(c) MG Ranade
(d) Ramabai
Solution: b
Question 79. The Fergusson College at Pune was founded in 1885 by
(a) The Social Service League
(b) The Servants of India Society
(c) The Deccan Education Society
(d) Poona Sarvajanic Sabha
Solution: c
Question 80. Who was the fist Vice-Chancellor of Indian women’s university of Poona in 1916?
(a) DK Karve
(b) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
(c) RG Bhandarkar
(d) WT Wacha
Solution: c
Question 81. One of the following organisations was not associated with National Education Movement in the early twentieth century.
(a) Bhagavat Chatuspathi of Satish Chandra Mukherjee
(b) The Saraswat Ayatan of Brahma Bandopadhyay.
(c) Shantiniketan Ashram of Rabindranath Tagore.
(d) Anushilan Samiti of Barindra Kumar Ghosh.
Solution: d
Question 82. Who founded the Anglo-Vedic College? [WBCS 2020]
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Lala Hansraj
(c) Atmaram Pandurang
(d) Mahadev Govind Ranade
Solution: b
Question 83. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by [WBCS 2019, UPPSC (Mains) 2006]
(a) Sir William Jones
(b) Wilking
(c) Max Muller
(d) James Prinsep
Solution: a
Question 84. Who among the following was offered the membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris? [UPPSC (Mains) 2001]
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Michael Madhusudan Dutta
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Vivekananda
Solution: b
Question 85. Consider the following statements.
I. Jonathan Duncan had founded the Sanskrit college in Banaras.
II. Lord Cornwallis had introduced civil services in India.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Codes
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
Solution: c
Question 86. During India’s colonial period, the theory of Downward filtration was related to [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013]
(a) Railways
(b) Education
(c) Irrigation
(d) Poverty alleviation
Solution: b
Question 87. The propounder of ‘Filtration Theory’ in India’s educational policy was [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2013]
(a) Charles Wood
(b) Macaulay
(c) JS Mill
(d) Cornwallis
Solution: b
Question 88. Which of the following had first introduced the Downward Filtration Theory in the world?
(a) Eyselander
(b) Wilson
(c) Verican George
(d) Auckland
Solution: d
Question 89. Lord Macaulay was related to [UPPSC (Pre) 2007]
(a) Military reforms
(b) Abolishment of sati
(c) English education
(d) Permanent Settlement
Solution: c
Question 90. When was the Education Policy of Macaulay implemented?
(a) 1830
(b) 1835
(c) 1838
(d) 1901
Solution: b
Question 91. In which Act, yearly ` 1 lakh was allotted for the education of Indians? [WBCS 2020]
(a) 1813, Charter Renewal Act
(b) 1773, Regulating Act
(c) 1784, Pitts India Act
(d) 1833, Charter Renewal Act
Solution: a
Question 92. Which one of the following statements about the English Education Act of 1835 is not correct? [Astt. Comm. 2017]
(a) It was proposed by Governor General William Bentinck on the advice of Macaulay.
(b) It made English the language of instruction in Indian Education System.
(c) With the formal institutionalisation of English as the language of instruction, the stage was set for a new direction of Indian education.
(d) To the existing oriental institutions fresh awards of stipends to students and the publication of classical texts were to continue.
Solution: d
Question 93. The ‘Anglicist-Orientalist Controversy’ came to end by
I. Macaulay’s Minute
II. Mentick’s Resolution
III. Wood’s despatch
IV. Lord Curzon’s Education and Policy
Choose the correct answer by using the following codes.
(a) II and III are correct
(b) II and IV are correct
(c) Only I is correct
(d) None of the above
Solution: c
Question 94. Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India? [IAS (Pre) 2018]
I. Charter Act of 1813
II. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823
III. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) I and II
(b) Only II
(c) I and III
(d) I, II and III
Solution: c
Question 95. Charles Wood’s despatch was related to which of the following? [MPPSC (Pre) 2015]
(a) Education
(b) Trade
(c) Administrative reforms
(d) Military reforms
Solution: a
Question 96. The aim of education as stated by Wood’s Despatch of 1854 was [IAS (Pre) 2003]
(a) the creation of employment opportunities for native Indians.
(b) the spread of Western culture in India.
(c) the promotion of literacy among the people using English medium of language.
(d) the introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional Indian Education.
Solution: c
Question 97. Hartog Committee Report of 1929 had suggested for transforming which of the following types of Education into community development centre for rural upliftment?
(a) Primary School
(b) Secondary School
(c) Higher Secondary School
(d) None of the above
Solution: a
Question 98. Which of the following is also called the scheme of post-war educational development in India?
(a) Hartog Committee
(b) Sargent plan
(c) Sadler Committee
(d) Hunter Commission
Solution: b
Question 99. In the Hunter Commission Report, special emphasis was laid on the development of [UPPSC (Pre) 2004]
(a) Girls Education
(b) Higher Education
(c) Primary Education
(d) Technical Education
Solution: c
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