EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

MODERN HISTORY OF EDUCATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Fergusson College at Pune was founded in 1885 by:
A
The Social Service League
B
The Servants of India Society
C
The Deccan Education Society
D
Poona Sarvajanic Sabha
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Founders of the Fergusson College had first started the New English School, Pune in 1880 and later established the Deccan Education Society (DES) in 1884. The college held these classes, for almost ten years, in the old Gadre Wada and other locations in Poona.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fergusson College is an autonomous public-private college offering various courses in the streams of arts and science in the city of Pune, India. It was founded in 1885 by the Vaman Shriram Apte, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Vishnushashtri Chiplunkar, Mahadeo Ballal Namjoshi and Goplal Krishna Agarkar.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Deccan Education Society (DES) was established in October 1884, and with a span of just a few months, it founded the Fergusson College in January 1885.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1880 Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar established the New English School, one of the first native-run schools offering Western education in Pune. In 1884 they created the Deccan Education Society with Hon.

Detailed explanation-5: -Complete answer: The Deccan education society was set up in 1884. The society was founded by honourable Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade, V. S Apte, M.S.

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