Civilizing the Native

Civilizing the Native

Multiple Choice

What type of school did Tagore want to set up?

• Where the child was happy

• Where he/she could be free and creative

• He/she was able to explore her own thoughts and desire

• All of the above

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William Jones was a linguist because

• he had studied Greek and Latin

• he knew French and English

• he had learnt Persian

• all of these

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What was Mahatma Gandhi's opinion on Western Education?

• Western education destroyed the pride Indians had in their own culture and created a sense of inferiority in their minds.

• He wanted to combine the best elements of Western and Indian education and culture.

• Western Education was the best. It helps to understand new wonderful things that had sense and had no errors.

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A Hindu college was established in 1791 to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts. Where was this college established?

• Benaras

• Calcutta

• Bengal

• Bihar

• Bombay

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When was the Wood's Despatch issued by Charles Wood sent?

• 1866

• 1854

• 1918

• 1890

• 1800

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The English Education Act was introduced in

• 1780

• 1920

• 1833

• 1835

• 1900

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"Literacy in itself is not education" "English education has enslaved us" These words were spoken by whom?

• Henry Thomas Colebrooke

• Tarabai Shinde

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Swami Dayanand Saraswati

• Pandita Ramabai

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Tagore's Santiniketan is a book

• No, It's an institution

• Yes, It's a book

• No, It's a club

• No, It's a movement

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Who are the people in this image?

• Rabindranath Tagore & Mahatma Gandhi

• Mahatma Gandhi & William Adam

• Henry Thomas Colebrooke & William Carey

• Rabindranath Tagore & William Jones

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When did William Jones arrive in Calcutta?

• 1783

• 1835

• 1919

• 1789

Multiple Choice

When did William Jones arrive in Calcutta?

• 1783

• 1835

• 1919

• 1789

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If the Hindu college was established in Benares then what was set up in Calcutta and why?

• Madrasa to promote the study of the Dharma-shastra and Arabic ,Persian and Islamic Law

• Madrasa to promote the study of Arabic ,Persian and Islamic law

• tell the community about local customs,laws and interpret ancient texts.

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In the picture is Macaulay ,what is he famous for in history?

• Wood's Despatch

• Asiatick Researches

• Macaulay's minutes

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Tagore was different from Gandhi because he

• was critical of of worship of machines and technology

• believed learning could only happen in a natural environment

• wanted to combine elements of western civilisation with what he saw as best with Indian tradition

Multiple Choice

James Mill said the following lines

• Literacy in itself us not education

• grave errors of the East

• a single shelf of good European Library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia

Multiple Choice

James Mill said the following lines

• Literacy in itself us not education

• grave errors of the East

• a single shelf of good European Library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia