Civilising the natives, educating the nation

When did William Jones arrive in Calcutta?

• 1783

• 1835

• 1919

• 1789

Who started the Asiatic Society of Bengal and a journal called Asiatick Researches

• William Jones

• Henry Thomas Colebrooke

• Nathaniel Halhed

• Thomas Babington Macaulay

• James Mill

James Mill supported Oriental way of learning and even encouraged the Orientalists

• True

• False

Who are the people in this image?

• Rabindranath Tagore & Mahatma Gandhi

• Mahatma Gandhi & William Adam

• Henry Thomas Colebrooke & William Carey

• Rabindranath Tagore & William Jones

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

"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

The English Education Act was introduced in

• 1780

• 1920

• 1833

• 1835

• 1900

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

• 1866

• 1854

• 1918

• 1890

• 1800

Munshi was a person who can read, write and teach Persian

• True

• False

When was the Madrasa in Calcutta set up?

• 1830

• 1800

• 1750

• 1857

• 1781