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Correct Answer: Option (B) — 2 only
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Standard Reference Verified- Pair 1 is incorrectly matched: The Sanskrit College at Benaras was established in 1791 by Jonathan Duncan, the British Resident at Benaras. (William Jones founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784).
- Pair 2 is correctly matched: The Calcutta Madrasah (Madrasah-i-Aliya) was established in 1781 by Warren Hastings for the study of Islamic law and Arabic/Persian.
- Pair 3 is incorrectly matched: Fort William College was established in 1800 by Lord Richard Wellesley (the Governor-General), not Arthur Wellesley (his brother, the Duke of Wellington).
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