Home PYQs UPPSC UPPSC MCQs Prelims 2011 (GS Paper I)

Question

The first University Chair of Sanskrit was founded in-

  1. England
  2. France
  3. Germany
  4. Russia

Answer:

Option C: Germany

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Germany”.

The first university chair of Sanskrit was established in Germany in 1818 at the University of Leipzig by the German scholar Christian Lassen.