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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 18 of 200

Q18
History of IndiaBritish Rule: Administration, Economy & Society
Fort William College was founded in
  1. a.1800
  2. b.1820
  3. c.1850
  4. d.1900

Answer: (A) 1800

Lord Wellesley founded Fort William College in Calcutta in 1800 to train Company civil servants in Indian languages. The other years are later; the college had in fact been wound down by the 1850s.

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