Multiple choice

Where was the first Telephone Exchange set up in India?

  1. Calcutta

  2. Mumbai

  3. Delhi

  4. Punjab
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Explanation

The first telephone exchange in India was established in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1881, just five years after Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone. It was set up by the Oriental Telephone Company with 93 subscribers. Mumbai, Delhi, and other cities got telephone exchanges later.

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