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Indian Educational and Cultural Institutes Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Delhi University

  2. Banaras Hindu University

  3. Aligarh Muslim University

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Banaras Hindu University (BHU); Murugappa Chettiar Research Centre (MCRC), Chennai and IIT Kharagpur are among the leading research groups working on biological, biomass and other renewable energy routes to produce hydrogen. The BHU, IIT Chennai and the National Physical Laboratory are working on the hydrogen storage methods. The BHU has modified a commercially available motorcycle (100 cc, four strokes) and a three-wheeler (175 cc, four strokes) to operate on hydrogen as a fuel.

Multiple choice
  1. Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Techonology

  2. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

  3. Institute for Plasma Research

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) is an autonomous physics research institute located in India. The institute is involved in research in aspects of plasma science including basic plasma physics, research on magnetically confined hot plasmas and plasma technologies for industrial applications. It is a large and leading plasma physics organization in India. The institute is mainly funded by Department of Atomic Energy. IPR is playing major scientific and technical role in Indian partnership in the international fusion energy initiative ITER.

Multiple choice
  1. Samaj Samata Sangh

  2. Depressed Classes Institute

  3. Deccan Education Society

  4. Peoples Education Society

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar founded Samaj Samata Sangh, Peoples Education Society, and the Depressed Classes Institute. Deccan Education Society was established in 1884 by Mahadev Govind Ranade and other social reformers, making it the correct answer to this question.

Multiple choice
  1. Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Techonology

  2. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

  3. Institute for Plasma Research

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) is an autonomous physics research institute located in India. The institute is involved in research in aspects of plasma science including basic plasma physics, research on magnetically confined hot plasmas and plasma technologies for industrial applications. It is a large and leading plasma physics organisation in India. The institute is mainly funded by Department of Atomic Energy. IPR is playing major scientific and technical role in Indian partnership in the international fusion energy initiative ITER.

Multiple choice
  1. University of Hyderabad

  2. University of Delhi

  3. University of Roorkee

  4. University of Bombay

  5. University of Calcutta

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Roorkee College was established in 1847 AD as the First Engineering College in the British Empire. The College was renamed as The Thomason College of Civil Engineering in 1854. It was given the status of University by Act No. IX of 1948 of the United Province (Uttar Pradesh) in recognition of its performance and its potential and keeping in view the needs of post-independent India. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, presented the Charter in November 1949 elevating the erstwhile college to the First Engineering University of Independent India.

Multiple choice
  1. Central University in Rajgir

  2. Central University of Jharkhand

  3. Central University in Santiniketan

  4. Rajiv Gandhi University

  5. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Nalanda University (also known as University of Nalanda) is a Central University in Rajgir, near Nalanda, Bihar, India. The first academic session is scheduled to start from September 1, 2014 with a batch of 40 students. The university is a plan for reviving and re-establishing Nalanda University which was one of the oldest ancient higher-learning institutions. Originally the university was established in the 5th century AD by Gupta Kings.

Multiple choice
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

  2. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (Germany)

  3. National Center for Scientific Research (France)

  4. Max Planck Society (Germany)

  5. Spanish National Research Council (Spain)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct Answer: National Center for Scientific Research (France)

Multiple choice
  1. Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM)

  2. North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (or NERIST)

  3. Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs)

  4. Bharati Vidyapeeth

  5. Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), and the related National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) are a group of premier science education and research institutes in India. The institutes were created by the Government of India, through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).

Multiple choice
  1. Jamia Millia Islamia

  2. Central University of Himachal Pradesh

  3. University of Allahabad

  4. Rajiv Gandhi University

  5. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

University of Allahabad is the oldest among all central Universities in India. The University of Allahabad, informally known also as Allahabad University is a public central university located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Multiple choice
  1. Jamia Nizamia

  2. Osmania University

  3. Aliah University

  4. Jamia Millia Islamia

  5. Darul Huda Islamic University

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Osmania University (OU) is a public state university located in Hyderabad, India, and founded in 1918. It was established and named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. It is the first Indian university to have urdu as a medium of instruction.

Multiple choice
  1. NKN

  2. DELNET

  3. INFLIBNET

  4. C-DAC

  5. NIC

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre is an autonomous Inter-University Centre (IUC) of University Grants Commission , Government of India, involved in creating infrastructure for sharing of library and information resources and services among academic and research institutions.