Education and British Rule

Who issued the Wood's Despatch in 1854, which is considered the Magna Carta of English education in India?

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Which commission was appointed in 1882 to review the progress of education after Wood's Despatch?

• Hunter Commission

• Zakir Hussain Committee

• Wardha Scheme of Education

• Raleigh Commission

What was the main focus of the Hunter Commission's recommendations?

• Higher education

• Primary and secondary education

• Vocational education

• Women's education

Who organized a national conference of Education in Wardha in October 1937?

• Indian National Congress

• Raja Ram Mohan Roy

• James Mill

• Charles Grant

What was the main objective of the English Education Act of 1835?

• Establish universities in Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras

• Introduce English as the medium of instruction

• Promote Oriental institutions

• Encourage traditional Indian education

Who believed that modern education would destroy the faith of Indians in their own religions and they would follow Christianity?

• Christian Missionaries

• Charles Grant

• William Wilberforce

• William Jones

Which British official set up the Hindu college in Benaras in 1791 to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts?

• William Jones

• Henry Thomas Colebrooke

• Nathaniel Halhed

• Jonathan Duncan

Who criticized the orientalist views and believed in teaching what was useful and practical to the Indians?

• Raja Ram Mohan Roy

• Warren Hastings

• James Mill

• Thomas Babington Macaulay

Which act sanctioned one lakh rupees for education in India in 1813?

• English Education Act

• Charter Act

• Indian Universities Act

• Hunter Commission Act

Who believed that 'a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia'?

• Thomas Babington Macaulay

• Nathaniel Halhed

• Henry Thomas Colebrooke

• William Jones