Class 8 Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation

Name the person who arrived in Calcutta in 1783 and was appointed as junior judge at the Supreme Court.

• Warren Hastings
• Lord Comwalis
• William Jones
• Henry Thomas

Those with a scholarly knowledge of the language and culture of Asia were known as:

• Vernacular
• Orientalists
• Anglicists
• Munshi

Hindu College was established in Benaras in:

• 1781
• 1773
• 1777
• 1791

In 1830’s a Scottish missionary who toured the districts of Bengal and Bihar was:

• Williams Carey
• William Adam
• Thomas Babington
• Charles Wood.

What would you call a person who knows several languages ?

• Biographer
• Linguist
• Biolinguist
• Translator

Who started the journal Asiatick Researches?

• Henry Thomas Colebrooke
• Warren Hastings
• William Jones
• Max Muller

The temples of darkness that were falling of themselves into decay. Who said these words about the Calcutta Madrasa and Benares Sanskrit College?

• Lord William Bentick
• Lord Dalhousie
• Lord Ripon
• Lord Macaulay

How did the European learning improve the moral character of Indians?

• It would expand the trade and commerce
• It would make them truthful and honest
• It would make the Indians realize the importance of developing resources of the country
• It would make them change their tastes and desires and create a demand for British goods

Tagore wanted to combine the elements of ……………………. with traditional Indian Education.

• Eastern Education
• Western Education
• Religious education
• Local education

Rural ……………………… which accepted new rules were supported through government grants by the Company.

• Pathshalas
• Shops
• Temples
• Colleges