Friday, December 18, 2009

Some Trivia on Education

Q-1 Which University has the world’s Largest Individual Wireless Network?
A- Duke University with 2500 routers.

Q-2 Which is the oldest university of Australia?

A - The University of Sydney was established in 1850. This is the oldest and the first university in the Land.

Q- 3 Which is the first and the oldest university of the United States of America?

A - Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States was established in 1636.

Q-4 Which is the first only for Women University in India?

A –(SNDT) Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University claims to be the first women's university in India, established in 1916, having national jurisdiction. The University Department of Extension Education offers post-graduate courses - the Masters in Extension Education and the Diploma programme in Communication and Media, as well as the MPhil and PhD.

Q- 5 Which university offers a maximum number of free online courses?

A - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, more than 1,800 free courses are offered through the school's Open Courseware project. Courses are in text, audio and video formats and translated into a number of different languages. Students all over the world use Open Courseware.

Q-6 Which University has the largest Academic Library in the world?

A- Founded in 1638, the Harvard University Library is the oldest library in the United States and the largest academic library in the world with over more than 15 million volumes.

Q-7 Which university is the largest university by enrollment?

A- Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is the largest university by enrollment with more than 2.5 million enrollments in Jan 2009.

Q-8 Which university has the largest university campus?

A- Stanford University owns 8,183 acres (3,312 ha), which makes it the largest university in the world, in terms of contiguous area.

Q-9Which University has the highest number of floors in the World?

A- Moscow State University has the highest number of floors in the world it has 36 floors with 240m/787 feet Height.


Q-10 Which is the first University in UK who matriculate Women students?

A- University College London was the first in the UK to admit (matriculate) women students.

Q-11 Which University has the highest number of Nobel Laureates?

A- The University of California as a total has 111 Nobel Laureates affiliated with 7 campuses: Berkeley (65) Irvine (4), Los Angeles (10), San Diego (18), San Francisco (5), Santa Barbara (9) and Riverside (1).

Q-12 Barack Obama the First African American elected President of the United States is graduated from which University?

A-University of Columbia

Q-13 Har Gobind Khorana a famous Nobel Prize Winner is alumni of which UK University?
A-University of Liverpool

Q-14 Which Scottish University has the highest number of Indian Students in 2009?

A- Edinburgh Napier University has the highest number of Indian students of any Scottish university and the seventh highest number of Indian students in the United Kingdom.

Q-15 Which is the oldest continually operating degree-granting university in Europe?

A- The University of Bologna the oldest continually operating degree-granting university in Europe, the word 'university' being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088.

Q-16 Which is the first full fledged multi disciplinary university in South Asia?

A- Established in 1857 The University of Calcutta is the first fully fledged multi disciplinary university in South Asia

Q-17 Which is the oldest autonomous engineering school in Asia?

A- Thomason College of Civil Engineering, 1847, the oldest autonomous engineering school in Asia (now known as Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)

Q-18 Which Indian Institute of Technology formerly known as Thomson College of Civil Engineering?

A- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

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