Multiple choice general knowledge

Which is the oldest modern university of India and who was its first vice chancellor?

  1. Aliah University,Warren Hastings

  2. Aliah University,Captain Ayron

  3. University of Calcutta, Lord Canning

  4. University of Calcutta,Sir James William Colvile
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Explanation

The University of Calcutta (founded 1857) is the oldest modern-style university in India with Western academic structure, and Lord Canning was its first Vice-Chancellor (also serving as Governor-General). Aliah University (1780 as Muhammadan College) is older but was a traditional Islamic seminary, not a 'modern university' in the Western sense.

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