Indian Educational and Cultural Institutes

This question refers to the 2006 controversy at AIIMS where 49 babies were reported to have died during clinical trials. The question appears to reference this specific incident at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.

Pratibha Patil (who later became President of India) founded the Vidya Bharati Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, an educational trust that operates schools in Maharashtra and other parts of Western India. The other names listed - Simone Tata, Pratibha Advani, and Parmeshwar Godrej - are not associated with this educational trust.

Anna University (located in Guindy which houses the Guindy Engineering College) does indeed have a separate pincode - 600025. Large educational institutions and campuses often have dedicated pincodes for efficient mail sorting and delivery. The Guindy area where the university is located is distinct from surrounding areas.

Banaras Hindu University (BHU), founded by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya in 1916, is indeed Asia's largest residential university. Located in Varanasi, it houses over 30,000 students across its vast 1,300-acre campus with numerous faculties and residential facilities.

Elphinstone College in Bombay (now Mumbai) is where Jamshetji Tata was admitted as a 'free student' after failing to secure a scholarship. The college recognized his potential and waived his fees. St. Xavier's, Cambridge, and Institute of Science were not the institutions in question.

IIT Kharagpur, established in 1951, is the oldest Indian Institute of Technology in India. It was the first of the IITs to be founded and played a pioneering role in technical education in post-independence India. While IIT Mumbai (1958) and IIT Chennai (1959, now IIT Madras) are also among the early IITs, they were established after Kharagpur. IIT Ahmedabad (1960) came even later.

Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is located in Hyderabad. It was established in 1998 to promote Urdu language education through Hindi and English mediums. The university is indeed named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Education Minister.

Amitabh Bachchan (Big B) worked at All India Radio in Delhi before trying his luck in films. He also worked as a freight executive for ITC (formerly Imperial Tobacco Company) in Kolkata. Both of these were his pre-Bollywood jobs. Allahabad Muslim University is not correct.

Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi is Asia's largest residential university, with over 30,000 students residing on its campus. Founded in 1916 by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, it spans across a massive 1,300-acre campus and offers programs in various disciplines. The residential nature means students live and study on campus.

N R Narayanamurthy completed his Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) degree from The National Institute of Engineering (NIE) in Mysore. He graduated in 1967 before going on to co-found Infosys in 1981. NIE is one of Karnataka's oldest engineering colleges.

IIT Roorkee (originally Thomason College of Civil Engineering) was established in 1847, making it the oldest technical institution in India, later converted to an IIT in 2001. IIT Kharagpur was the first of the modern IITs established in 1951.

Karnatak University (now Karnatak University) was established in 1949 and is located in Dharwad, Karnataka. It was one of the earliest universities in the region and serves as a major educational institution. The other cities (Karwar, Mysore, Davangere) are in Karnataka but do not host this university. Note the spelling change from 'Karnatak' to 'Karnatak' in official usage.

Virasam (Viplava Rachayitala Sangham) is the correct acronym for the Progressive Writers' Association in Andhra Pradesh. The other options are made-up words that don't correspond to any known literary organization in Andhra Pradesh.

Hrithik Roshan graduated from Sydenham College in Mumbai with a degree in Commerce. He attended before launching his acting career. The other colleges (National, Ruia, Ruparel) are also Mumbai colleges but not his alma mater.

In "Five Point Someone", Mr. Shastri is the dean of the institution (IIT Delhi). He is an authority figure who interacts with the students and faculty, though he is not one of the central characters like the three protagonists or Prof. Veera.