{"id":87430,"date":"2025-06-01T06:44:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T06:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=87430"},"modified":"2025-06-01T06:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T06:44:03","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-warren-hastings-set-up-the-calcut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-warren-hastings-set-up-the-calcut\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements:\n  Warren Hastings set up the Calcut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Warren Hastings set up the Calcutta Madrassa for the study and teaching of Muslim law related subjects.<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Duncan started a Sanskrit College at Varanasi for the study of Hindu law and philosophy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;Both 1 and 2&#8243; option4=&#8221;Neither 1 nor 2&#8243; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC NDA-1 &#8211; 2016<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-nda-1-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-nda-1-2016\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe correct answer is C) Both 1 and 2.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nStatement 1 is correct. Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of Bengal, established the Calcutta Madrassa (now Aliah University) in 1781 with the aim of studying and teaching Muslim law, Persian, and Arabic. The primary purpose was to ensure that British judges had access to qualified Indians knowledgeable in Muslim law for the administration of justice.<br \/>\nStatement 2 is correct. Jonathan Duncan, then the Resident at Varanasi, established the Sanskrit College at Varanasi in 1791. The objective was similar to the Madrassa \u2013 to promote the study of Hindu law, philosophy, and literature, enabling British judges to administer justice according to Hindu personal law with the help of Indian scholars (pandits).<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThese institutions represent early attempts by the British East India Company to understand and govern according to the existing legal and cultural frameworks of India, particularly in matters of personal law, which were considered sacred. This policy of limited intervention in traditional laws and customs was sometimes referred to as the &#8216;Orientalist&#8217; approach, although its motives were largely administrative convenience and maintaining control.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements: Warren Hastings set up the Calcutta Madrassa for the study and teaching of Muslim law related subjects. Jonathan Duncan started a Sanskrit College at Varanasi for the study of Hindu law and philosophy. Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;Both 1 and 2&#8243; option4=&#8221;Neither &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Consider the following statements:\n  Warren Hastings set up the Calcut\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-warren-hastings-set-up-the-calcut\/#more-87430\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Consider the following statements:<br \/>\n  Warren Hastings set up the Calcut<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1093],"tags":[1098,1262,1124],"class_list":["post-87430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-nda-1","tag-1098","tag-development-of-education-in-modern-india","tag-modern-history-of-india","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Consider the following statements:  Warren Hastings set up the Calcut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct answer is C) Both 1 and 2. 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