Education

To promote Western learning, the British established universities in:

• Calcutta

• Bombay

• Madras

• All of these

Which of the following is known as the Magna carta of English Education in India?

• English Education Act

• Wood's Despatch

• Charter Act of 1853

• National Education policy

The ____________ made English the medium of instruction for Institutes of Higher Education.

• Charter Act of 1813

• English Education Act 1835

• Charter Act of 1833

• Wood's Despatch

Who proposed the epochal despatch of 1 July 1854?

• Thomas Babington Macaulay

• Sir Charles Wood

• William Adam

• Sir William Jones

After this event the power of administration was transferred to the British crown.

• Carnatic war

• The Battle of Plassey

• The Battle of Buxar

• The Great uprising of 1857

Who started the Calcutta Madrasa?

• Lord William Bentinck

• Lord Warren Hastings

• Sir William Jones

• Jonathan Duncan

Who passed the English Education Act?

• Lord Warren Hastings

• Lord William Bentinck

• William Adam

• Sir William Jones

A term generally used to refer to a local language or dialect as distinct from what is seen as the standard language.

• Madrasa

• Linguist

• Vernacular

• Rudimentary

The ____________ at Varanasi was founded by Jonathan Duncan in 1791.

• Calcutta University

• Sanskrit College

• Calcutta Madrasa

• Bombay University

____________ set up the Asiatic Society in Bengal.

• William Jones

• John Stuart Mill

• William Adam

• Sir Charles Wood