ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

PURITAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which College was founded by the Puritans?
A
Yale
B
Columbia
C
Harvard
D
Cornell
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Harvard University was officially founded by a vote by the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Detailed explanation-2: -In New England, Puritans established Harvard in 1636 and Yale in 1701. The two others from that region, Rhode Island College (Brown) and Dartmouth College, sprangfrom the GreatAwakening in 1765 and 1769, respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although the line may seem antiquated in 2017, university officials and experts said it traced back to Harvard’s roots. Puritans founded the university in 1636 in part to train ministers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Harvard in 1726: The First Prospect of an American College.

Detailed explanation-5: -Harvard University, oldest institution of higher learning in the United States (founded 1636) and one of the nation’s most prestigious. It is one of the Ivy League schools. The main university campus lies along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few miles west of downtown Boston.

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