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This topic covers prominent Indian educational institutions, cultural universities, and literary archives. Questions test knowledge about specialized acting schools, digital archives, and historical theater groups. This subject is crucial for civil services and state level examinations.

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Indian Educational and Cultural Institutes Questions

Multiple choice civics national awakening and establishment of political organisations in india formation of indian national congress (inc) militant nationalism radical nationalists

Which of the following educational institutions were set up during Swadeshi movement?

  1. The national council of education

  2. National College at Kolkata

  3. Both A and B

  4. St. Xavier School
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Many new educational institutions were set up during the Swadeshi Movement. The National Council of Education was set up in 1906. It later developed into Jadavpur University. Similarly Natioanl Collage was set up at Kolkata with Sri Aurobindo Ghosh as it Principal.

Multiple choice history pride of rajasthan quit india movement and ina revolutionary movement in india early struggles of mahatma gandhi

Arjun Lal Sethi, one of the great revolutionaries passed his B.A from which of the following universities?

  1. Osmania University

  2. Allahabad University

  3. Vellore University

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Arjun Lal Sethi was one of the revolutionaries and freedom fighters of Rajasthan. He was born in Jaipur in 1880. He passed his B.A from Allahabad University. He was offered the position of Prime Minister of Jaipur. 

Multiple choice

What famous school has ‘labor’ in its name?

  1. MIT

  2. METU

  3. UCLA

  4. BELS
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

BELS is an acronym often used in specific educational contexts (like the British English Language School) that incorporates the word labor in its full name or mission, whereas the other options are standard university abbreviations.

Multiple choice

Nalanda University is in

  1. Varanasi

  2. Agra

  3. Bihar

  4. Pune
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Nalanda was an ancient center of higher learning located in the present-day state of Bihar, India.

Multiple choice

Scratch was created by what infamous educational institution? 

  1. MSU

  2. U of M

  3. MIT

  4. NMU
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Scratch is a block-based visual programming language designed primarily for children to learn coding. It was developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab.

Multiple choice

UNESCO recognised this university as World Heritage Site in the year 2016

  1. Nalanda university, Bihar

  2. Calicut university, Kerala

  3. JNU, Delhi

  4. Kurukshetra university, Haryana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) in Bihar was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. It was a renowned ancient center of learning from the 5th century CE to 1200 CE.

Multiple choice

Dr Kalam studied aerospace engineering in

  1. Vellore Institute of Technology

  2. Indian Institute of Technology

  3. Madras Institute of technology

  4. National Institute of Technology
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Dr. Kalam studied aerospace engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) in Chennai.