Civilizing the 'Native', Educating the Nation

William Jones had an appointment as the _________ judge at the Company's Supreme Court.

• junior

• senior

• subordinate

• main

Who started the journal 'Asiatick Researches'?

• Thomas Macaulay

• William Jones

• N Halhed

• Colebrooke

________ was one of the first Company officials to study Sanskrit.

'A single shelf of a good European library is worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia.' Who said these words?

Wood's Despatch __________ the Orientalist system of learning.

• supported

• opposed

In colonial India, the British used the term _____________ to mark differences between local languages and English.

Colebrooke felt that teaching English to Indians would help them read some of the world's finest literature.

• False

• True

The Serampore Mission was established with the help of the _________ East India Company.

• Dutch

• French

• Danish

• Portuguese

Aurobindo Ghose stated that the goal of national education was to awaken the spirit of ____________ among students.

Which of these were the tasks of government pandits?

• Visit pathshalas

• Submit monthly reports to the Company

• Improve the standard of pathshalas

• Donate money for pathshalas