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Organization Bethune School
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams, peaking in 2014.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2014
- Recurs across 1 years (2014–2014)
Across exams
CSE · 1CDS · 1How the concept evolved
Largely a pre-2016 idea — watch for a comeback.
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Sample questions
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CDS2014
Statement IThe Bethune School, founded in Calcutta in 1849 was the first fruit of the powerful movement for women's education that arose in the 1840s and 1850s
Statement IIThe first step in giving modern education to girls was undertaken by Vidyasagar in 1800
- A Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
- B Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
- C Statement I is true but Statement II is false ✓
- D Statement I is false but Statement II is true
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CSE
Consider the following statements
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women
- Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University
- Keshav Chandra Sen's campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the then Governor General
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 2only ✓
- B land2
- C 2 and 3
- D 1, 2 and 3
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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