CBSE Grade 8 SST Chapter 7

When did William Jones arrive at Calcutta?

• 300 B.C

• 1783

• 1781

• 1885

• 1830

William Jones set up the

• Asiatic Society of Bengal

• Asiatic Researches

• Parliament

• Asiatic Society of Culcutta

Answer explanation

Jones had set up the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

_________, a scottish missionary, had toured the districts of Bengal and Bihar.

Pathshalas were

• College

• Forts

• Palaces where the nobles used to live

• Institutions with no more than 20 students each

In 1791

• a palace was made

• Hindu college was set up in Benaras

• Monument of Warren Hastings was made

• Madrasa was set up in Culcutta

__________ was one of those who attacked the Orientalists.

What is the name of the building in the picture

• Serampore College

• IIT

• Pathshala

• Hindu College

Shantineketan was set up by whom & when?

• Rabindranath Tagore, 1902

• Mahatma Gandhi, 1873

• Rabindranath Tagore, 1901

• William Jones, 1883

According to Mahatma Gandhi, western education focused on

___________________ said in a speech that the goal of national education was to awaken the spirit of nationality among the students.