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

(a)   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?

(a)  

Wood's Despatch __________ the Orientalist system of learning.

• supported

• opposed

In colonial India, the British used the term (a)   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 (a)   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