India's first Agriculture University is established in which State?
2021
India's first Agriculture University is established in which State?
Answer: C. Uttar Pradesh — ConceptIndia's agricultural universities were created on the American land-grant model, which combines teaching, research and extension on one campus.…
- A.
Jharkhand
- B.
Haryana
- C.
Uttar Pradesh
- D.
Maharashtra
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Correct answer: C
Concept
India's agricultural universities were created on the American land-grant model, which combines teaching, research and extension on one campus. Identifying the "first" such university means finding the earliest one established under this model in independent India.
Application
The first agricultural university of India is the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology at Pantnagar. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 17 November 1960, originally named the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University (UPAU). At its founding, Pantnagar lay in the state of Uttar Pradesh, so the correct state is Uttar Pradesh.
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Pantnagar became part of the new state of Uttarakhand only after it was carved out of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000 — long after the university was established. The university (later renamed after Govind Ballabh Pant in 1972) is widely regarded as the harbinger of India's Green Revolution.