Civilizing the “Native”, Educating the Nation

William Jones was a linguist because

• he had studied Greek and Latin

• he knew French and English

• he had learned Persian and Arabic

• all of these

Madrasa was set up in Calcutta in the year

• 1750

• 1781

• 1771

• 1761

According to whom, “English education had enslaved Indians”?

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Rabindranath Tagore

• Subhas Chandra Bose

• Aacharya Vinoba Bhave

Linguist is Someone who knows and studies several languages

• True

• False

The Education Act was introduced in the year

• 1850

• 1835

• 1910

• 1900

Asiatick Researches was NOT started by

• William jones

• Henry Thomas Colebrooke

• William Carey

• Nathaniel Halhed

Study of which of the following was NOT the purpose of setting up Madrasa in Calcutta in 1781?

• Arabic

• Sanskrit

• Islamic laws

• Persian

Mahatma Gandhi was the promotor of English language.

• True

• False

Thomas Macaulay thought that European education was necessary in India.

• True

• False

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