Colonial Educational Institutions India

Pair 1 is correct: William Jones, a British judge and orientalist, founded the Sanskrit College at Benaras (now Varanasi) in 1791 to promote Sanskrit scholarship and classical Indian learning. Pair 2 is correct: Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of India, established the Calcutta Madarsa (also called Calcutta Madrasah) in 1781 to promote Islamic and Persian learning. Pair 3 is incorrect: Fort William College was not founded by Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington). It was established by Richard Wellesley (Arthur's brother), who was Governor-General, in 1800 as an institution for training civil servants in Indian languages and culture. This is a common confusion between the two Wellesleys. Pairs 1 and 2 are correctly matched.

Answer: (a).