XII/ Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each question.
Monash University is a public university located in Melbourne, Australia. It was established in 1958 by an Act of the State Parliament of Victoria and is the second oldest university in the State of Victoria. The university was named after the prominent Australian general Sir John Monash. This was the first time in Australia that a university had been named after a person, rather than a city or state. It was originally intended to have an emphasis on science and technology. However, it quickly expanded beyond this. In its early years, it offered undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in engineering, medicine, science, arts, economics and politics, education and law. Initially, it was best known for its strong research capacity in the sciences and for its innovative teaching in law and medicine.
