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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
President Pranab Mukherjee has approved six new IITs across country and one National Institute Technology in which state
A
Jammu and Kashmir
B
Haryana
C
Odisha
D
Andhra Pradesh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -THE NEWEST IITS "Accordingly, new IITs at Tirupati and Palakkad started their academic session in 2015 and IITs at Bhilai, Jammu, Goa and Dharwad started in 2016. In the state of Uttar Pradesh, IIT Kanpur and IIT (BHU), Varanasi are operational, ” Sarkar said.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first Indian Institute of Technology was founded in May 1950 at the site of the Hijli Detention Camp in Kharagpur, West Bengal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pranab Mukherjee BR (11 December 1935 – 31 August 2020) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th president of India from 2012 until 2017.

Detailed explanation-4: -With the above recommendations of the Sarkar committee in view, the first Indian Institute of Technology was born in May 1950 in Hijli, Kharagpur, in the eastern part of India. Initially the IIT started functioning from 5, Esplanade East, Calcutta and very soon shifted to Hijli in Sept.

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