Comprehension
In 1882 the Punjab University was established by a Special Act of Incorporation and in 1887 another Special Act of Incorporation established the fifth Indian university at Allahabad. The general framework of these two Special Acts of Incorporation was similar to the Acts of 1857 though power was given to the Senates of the Punjab and the Allahabad Universities "to appoint or provide for the appointment of Professor and Lecturers" a privilege which was denied by the Acts of Incorporation to the first three universities at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1857.
The first three universities were deliberately intended to be examining universities only, in the same manner and on the same model as the then University of London. Thereby it ignored an important suggestion of the Education Despatch of 1854 which suggested possible institution of "professorships for the purpose of the delivery of lectures in various branches of learning for the acquisition of which, at any rate in an advanced degree, facilities do not now exist in other institutions in India."
When Lahore and Allahabad got this privilege in 1882 and 1887, respectively, The Indians had asked for its extension to Calcutta, Bombay and Madras but European officials closely connected with the university contested it on two grounds.
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: All the Special Acts of Incorporation by which universities were established in India were exactly the same.
Statement II: The first university in India to be granted the power to appoint Professor and Lecturers was Allahabad University.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
