Q. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(a) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(d) Raja Rammohan Roy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ans: (d) Raja Rammohan Roy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Explanation: Raja Rammohan Roy, a prominent social reformer and intellectual figure during the 19th century, collaborated with David Hare and Alexander Duff to establish Hindu College at Calcutta (now Kolkata).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hindu College was founded in 1817 and played a significant role in promoting Western education and rational thinking in Bengal. It aimed to provide a modern education system that combined Indian and Western knowledge, challenging traditional practices and promoting critical thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Raja Rammohan Roy was a strong advocate for education and social reforms. He recognized the importance of education in empowering individuals and bringing about societal progress. His collaboration with David Hare, a Scottish watchmaker and philanthropist, and Alexander Duff, a Scottish Christian missionary, contributed to the establishment of Hindu College and the spread of modern education in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Therefore, the correct answer is (d) Raja Rammohan Roy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Q. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta? (a) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (c) Keshab Chandra Sen (d) Raja Rammohan Roy Ans: (d) Raja Rammohan Roy Explanation: Raja Rammohan Roy, a prominent social reformer and intellectual figure during the 19th century, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":151555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018],"tags":[5019],"class_list":["post-151554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-quiz","tag-upsc-history-quiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151556,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151554\/revisions\/151556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}